I am posting this on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society. If you can assist, please respond to Doris O'Keefe at [log in to unmask] --K.B. ~~~~~ I am the senior rare book cataloger at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass., and was hoping that I might solicit the expertise of the Mark Twain Forum. I am cataloging a broadsheet entitled "The Pilgrim's Progress. 1620-1875." It consists of 68 chronological events in American history of the style: 1620. Lands on Plymouth Rock, and sets up for himself. 1638. Starts a college. 1704. Prints his first newspaper, in Boston. 1773. Waters his tea, in Boston Harbor. 1776. Brother Jonathan--as he begins to be called in the family--declares himself free and independent. 1815. Holds a little convention at Hartford, but doesn't propose to dissolve the Union. 1828. Tastes his first tomato--doubtingly. 1837. Gets in a panic--and out again, after free use of "shin-plasters." 1847. Buys his wife a sewing machine--in the vain hope that somehow it will keep the buttons on his shirt. 1861-1865: Climbs the Hill Difficulty--relieved of his pack, after Jan. 1, 1864; but loses Great-Heart, April 14, 1865. 1875: Gets ready to celebrate his second golden wedding by a grand family re-union, next year, in Philadelphia. It is signed "T." and our copy is annotated "from the Courant almanac, 1876." Indeed, it did also appear in The Courant Almanac for 1876, published by Hawley, Goodrich & Co., publishers of the Connecticut Courant, Hartford. Almost immediately I wondered if Mark Twain could be the author. It's not in BAL, nor in Bill McBride's Mark Train: A Bibliography ... (Hartford, 1984), nor in Everett Emerson's Mark Twain: A Literary Life (Philadelphia, 2000). But it's also not cataloged anywhere I've looked. A local English prof. pointed me towards your web site. Can you post this to the Forum and have any thoughts that anyone cares to share sent to me directly? I love for this to be a previously unrecorded Twain item, but maybe I'm hoping too much. In any case the expertise of Twain scholars will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Doris O'Keefe Senior Cataloger American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury St. Worcester, Mass. 01609 (508) 363-1146 [log in to unmask]