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Re: Indians and firewood
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Robert E Stewart <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:46:27 -0500
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Thank you all! I have read so many Twain/Indian documents in the past five  
days that I forgot to look at the obvious.   Bob
 
 
In a message dated 2/14/2014 8:08:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
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Bob,   


This story is from chapter 25 of ROUGHING IT.


Barb

On Friday, February 14, 2014, Robert E Stewart <[log in to unmask] 
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Help.  Someplace I read, recently, that Orion Clemens sent an unsigned
invoice  to Washington for firewood delivered by an Indian. Washington  
denied
payment.

Sam then helped the Indian make a "very shaky" X  as "his[X]mark and the
bill went through with no problem.

Can  anyone help me with a cite?

Bob  Stewart

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