Thank you, Matthew, for the heads-up on Emerson and Melville. Cairo is 
an unusual location subject to forces of nature not generally 
experienced by American cities.  It's interesting fitting in visits by 
such writers with the detailed telling of the town history by Lansden in 
1910.

On 9/5/22 08:00, Matthew Seybold wrote:
> Hey, Scott -
>
> I've got a draft paper on Cairo in literary history somewhere in my files.
> I will try to dig it out at some point, but I thought you might like to
> know, in addition to Dickens and Twain, Cairo plays a significant role in
> writings by Melville (*The Confidence-Man*) and Emerson (letters) as well.
>
> *Matt Seybold, PhD*
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> On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:47 AM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> I have attempted a bit of an essay on Cairo, Illinois, prompted by some
>> feedback I received on my Twain's Geography entry for this location.  Of
>> particular interest to Twain enthusiasts is the relationship between
>> Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.https://bscottholmes.com/node/1902   I'm
>> not sure what I want to do with this so I posted it to my personal website.
>>
>> --
>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/
>>
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