As Cindy and Kerry both point out, the dog is now Flash after being Hash for decades.. It was Ben Griffin of the MTP&P who worked this out and told me about it when I visited there -- I immediately wired Hartford, and you can imagine the consternation.

Just to fill in one more blank: The year was 1885.

Cheers,
Steve


Steve Courtney
Special Projects
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105

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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Kerry Driscoll [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 11:10 AM
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Subject: Re: Query

It's Hartford for sure, on the ombra.  I know that the dog's name was Flash
(although for many years thought to be "Hash" due to Susy's illegible
handwriting), but being a cat person, I have no idea what breed.

Kerry

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