Thanks, Robert.  I don't doubt that they all knew each other back in SF.
What a time that was!
Regards,
Arianne Laidlaw

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:00 PM Robert STEWART <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>  Since Sam was single, it would not have been an "affair" if he got
> together with Ina Coolbrith in San Francisco. I went hunting one day awhile
> back never found an answer to the question on detail of their relationship,
> other than rumor.
> That he did care about her is indicated years later, following the 1906 SF
> Earthquake in which she lost everything. George Wharton James was leading
> fund raising to help her. In the East, James burst in on Twain, told Twain
> he had made an appointment with a local photographer to have some photos
> taken which he (James) would sell and give the money to Ina. James had
> another appointment, and left; Twain followed through on getting to the
> photographer. According to James' account of the incident, he did not
> interview Twain; there is no evidence James ever interviewed Twain, though
> he wrote several articles about Twain.
>     On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 6:03:03 PM PDT, Arianne <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>  Out of the blue, someone asked me, as if I'd know and I don't, whether Ina
> and Clemens had an affair in S.F.  She is said to have been involved with
> him and Brett Hart, perhaps as colleagues, in the early  1860s.  I think
> she also was a writer.  Apparently she moved to Oakland and became a mentor
> (or something) to Jack London.
>
> Let me know if any of you can enlighten me.
>
> THANKS
> Arianne Laidlaw
> --
> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
>
>

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