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Subject:
Twain nailed it - did Vanderbilt respond?
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Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:49 +0000
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In "An Open Letter to Com. Vanderbilt" (March, 1869), Twain opined that C.V. would live another ten years at most. He was right; Vanderbilt died in 1877.
Did Vanderbilt respond to Twain's mild criticism in that open letter?
Did Twain attend the funeral?
- B. Clay Shannon

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