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Donated letter defines Twain's tie to newspaper
A piece of history was donated to the Mark Twain Museum, Saturday, Nov. 3, when the descendants of
W.H. Powell, editor of the Hannibal Courier-Post in 1907, presented a letter written by Mark Twain
to the newspaper in that same year.
"The Mark Twain Museum is proud to announce that it has received a Mark Twain letter with Hannibal
connections," said Henry Sweets, museum curator. "The letter stayed with the Powell family through
the years and was presented by Powell's granddaughter, Nancy Saxhaug, Grand Rapids, Minn., and her
daughter, Susie Loeffler."
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The Singular Mark Twain
Two people dominated the early years of Samuel Clemens, one
a warm presence, the other a cold absence. His mother, Jane
Lampton Clemens, bore her burdens with cheerful
lightheartedness and energetic imagination. She loved Fourth
of July parades as much as she enjoyed funeral processions.
Apparently she had a sense of fun but, according to her son,
no sense of humor at all. She had a mincing, sharp tongue.
She was incapable of recognizing wit or irony. His father,
John Marshall Clemens, bore his burdens in melancholy and
silence; he said very little to any of his children, and
what he said reinforced his austere manner. He was not in
favor of mischief, even childish mischief. Full
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