Thank you, Miki, for taking the time to respond to my query. I'm
actually looking to find Sam and Livy's locations on a very specific
period, when they departed Berlin - which Fears notes as February 29,
and when they arrived in Merton, March 3 or 4, 1892. Fears makes note of
two letters in relation to this thousand mile journey: February 21, to
McClure, and March 21 to Moffett. The contents of these letters is not
available on-line. Given Twain's general habits of train travel. he must
have stopped to rest at least twice on this journey. If I can get some
town and/or village names, I can try to guess at the railways the
Clemenses traveled over.
On 10/5/20 12:29 PM, miki pfeffer wrote:
> Scott,
> Livy also recommends to Grace July 1, 1892, that the "trip over the St.
> Gothard" as a "most wonderful trip."
> Miki
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 12:50 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> In February of 1892 Sam and Livy departed Berlin for the warmer climes
>> of the French Riviera, the town of Merton. I'm attempting to map the
>> route they took but can find no indication of the towns they may have
>> passed through. I have an 1896 map that shows the railroads that
>> existed in Europe at that time and it displays quite a complex web.
>>
>> It seems likely they returned via the same route they took to get to
>> Berlin, through Frankfurt and Basel, but I don't know that.
>>
>> I don't have access to Sam's 1892 journals and Fears makes no mention of
>> stops on the way. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
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