Regarding the wording in Twain's "The Treaty with China" from _New York Tribune_, 4 August 1868 -- this item does not fall into the same category as the others in the previous list. Twain's quote contained the correct spelling: "The idea of making negroes citizens of the United States was startling and disagreeable to me, but I have become reconciled to it; and being reconciled to it, and the ice being broken and the principle established, I am ready now for all comers. The idea of seeing a Chinaman a citizen of the United States would have been almost appalling to me a few years ago, but I suppose I can live through it now." Barb