Alex, You might check out Tom Sawyer Among the Indians, Kent Rasmussen's A-Z; and my book, Searching for Jim. The boyhood home and museum in Hannibal has some of JMC's municipal court records. Terrell Dempsey On Apr 16, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Alex Effgen wrote: > Happy Friday Forum: > > Don't put too much thought into this, but I'm curious about SLC's > father in Hannibal during the 1840s. Do his papers exist? Does he > appear in the Hannibal papers? Do they exist in electronic format? > > I'm trying to find out about the Clemens family and Hannibal in > 1844-45. > > Have a great weekend! > > -Alex > -- > ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ > Mr. Alex B. Effgen, M.A. > Administrative Assistant > The Editorial Institute at > Boston University > 143 Bay State Road > Boston, MA 02215 > Tel: 617-353-6631 > Fax: 617-353-6917 > http://www.bu.edu/editinst/ > > ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~