Thanks for that, Kevin. I figured you might reply. When I wrote my 
original note, I was thinking of your terrific presentation on Stormfield 
at Elmira and recalled your discussion of Clara's rooms.

Not much mystery about the room in which Mark Twain himself was born. The 
recent Hannibal conference included a visit to the Mark Twain Birthplace 
Museum in Florida, where the house in which he was born is preserved. We 
could actually touch the outside of the house and stick our heads in it 
through the windows and doorways. The two-room house is so small, people 
reaching in through the windows on opposite sides could practically shake 
hands. Incidentally, we also visited the original site of the house. Not 
much to see there now, but it was exciting merely to be at the site. (Mark 
Twain warn't kidding when he described Florida as "nearly invisible." 
According to Henry, the town's present population is zero. Anyone born 
there now would increase the population by a a great deal more than 1 
percent.)