TWAIN-L Archives

Mark Twain Forum

TWAIN-L@YORKU.CA
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Mime-Version:
1.0
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Date:
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 01:14:30 -0800
Reply-To:
Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Indians and firewood
From:
Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
In-Reply-To:
<[log in to unmask]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
Sender:
Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (15 lines) 
Twain does mention this in Roughing It, Chapter 25 page 199, with
illustration.

On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 22:05 -0500, Robert E Stewart wrote:
> 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

ATOM RSS1 RSS2