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Will Clemens
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Ellen Garvey <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 May 2008 09:41:59 -0400
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Does anyone know where (or when) the claim that Will Clemens (William
Montgomery Clemens) was Mark Twain's relative originated? Newspaper
accounts of the time and later variously refer to him as MT's cousin,
nephew, and even brother. He appears not to have been related at all,
or possibly a very distant cousin. I'd assume that he spread the
assertion that he was related, but would like to track it down.
Thanks for any help on this.
Ellen

Ellen Gruber Garvey, Ph.D.

Research Triangle Fellow, 2007-2008
National Humanities Center
Research Triangle Park, NC
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Associate Professor
Department of English
New Jersey City University

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