As I feared, equal signs and extra letters muddied even the shortened URL provided. The URL ends at the "z."


Steve Courtney
Curatorial Special Projects
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351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Steve Courtney [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 7:17 AM
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Subject: Re: "Transmigration of souls" -- and epochs and bodies

Yes, Kevin, I did recount that story -- as one of the many Boston/Cambridge=
 activities Clemens and Twichell took part in after their famous  "walk" to=
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For transmigration of souls, yes. There is an account of Twain's reaction t=
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himself.  Mrs Sargent was the widow of the Unitarian minister (1807-1877)=
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I'm re-reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and enjoying it=
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