In his letter of 9 December 1877 Orion included a clipping from the
Keokuk *Gate
City* that reported on the *Elbow Room* fraud, based on information he had
supplied. SLC referred to Sir John Franklin because Orion had also sent his
manuscript of a story he was working on about arctic exploration and
descent to the center of the earth.
Harriet Smith, Mark Twain Project

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 3:09 PM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> There is also a letter from Orion Clemens to SLC circa 9 Dec 1877 that
> included another news clip that I have not been able to locate detailing
> Orion’s efforts to get to the bottom of the fraud.  Fears mentions this in
> his Vol. 1 online at
>
> https://daybyday.marktwainstudies.com/vol-1-section-0035/
>
> One probably needs to see Orion’s letter and the news clip he sent to
> understand SLC’s reference to “Sir John Franklin.” Neither appear to be
> available online.
>
> Barb
>


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Harriet E. Smith