Chronology Entry
Year
1874
Text
Letter from Mark Twain to Dean Sage ; 22 April (1875), Hartford, Conn.
"[Joseph Hopkins] Twichell & I were to do the Centennial together; but he had a remorseful streak after his loose career & indecent conversation in Brooklyn & while under the spell of it he concluded to stay at his post on Sunday. He preached twice that day, left here at [midnight], took an early breakfast in Boston, infested Concord & Lexington all day & reached Hartford after [midnight] that night, so as to be on hand early next day—for he had an opportunity to bury a Chinaman with some Congregational orgies & would h not have missed it for the world."
"[Joseph Hopkins] Twichell & I were to do the Centennial together; but he had a remorseful streak after his loose career & indecent conversation in Brooklyn & while under the spell of it he concluded to stay at his post on Sunday. He preached twice that day, left here at [midnight], took an early breakfast in Boston, infested Concord & Lexington all day & reached Hartford after [midnight] that night, so as to be on hand early next day—for he had an opportunity to bury a Chinaman with some Congregational orgies & would h not have missed it for the world."
Mentioned People (2)
Twain, Mark
(Florida, Missouri 1835-1910 Redding, Conn.) : Schriftsteller
Twichell, Joseph Hopkins
(Southington, Conn. 1838-1918 Hartford, Conn.) : Pastor Asylum Hill Congregational Church Harford, Conn., Freund von Mark Twain
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1853-1910 |
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's letters 1853-1910. Arranged with comment by Albert Bigelow Paine. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3199/3199-h/3199-h.htm. http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/view?docId=letters/UCCL01221.xml;style=letter;brand=mtp. |
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