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While parsing through the last year of Sam's life, in Fears' "Day By
Day", I became curious as to why Ashcroft wanted Sam's young butler
removed. Fears' entry for March 17, 1909 has left me befuddled. The
chronology seems all wrong. He writes "Sam recorded the last time he
ever saw Ralph W. Ashcroft." This is certainly not the last time. Sam
attended the Ashcroft's wedding, March 18, and Ashcroft accompanied Sam
to Virginia for the opening of the Virginian Railroad.
I suspect Fears became confused while attempting to understand the
"Ashcroft-Lyons Manuscript" and perhaps was already fatigued by his
massive undertaking. This part of Sam's life has not been a significant
part of "Twain's Geography" as it does not pertain to "Geography", but
it has piqued my curiosity. I feel a certain affinity with Fears in
that neither of our projects have much analysis, Both are rather large
"card catalogues" that may be of benefit to scholars attempting to
navigate Mark Twain's life.
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/*Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado*/
Visit B. Scott Holmes <https://bscottholmes.com>
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