Thanks, Barbara! - B. Clay Shannon

      From: Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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 Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 6:51 PM
 Subject: Re: Two questions
   
According to Clemens, both of these quips were made by his daughter Jean.

For #1, see his interview in _Minneapolis Journal_, 23 July 1895 (reprinted
in _Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews_ edited by Gary Scharnhorst.

For #2, see his autobiographical dictation for December 6, 1906, available
in _Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2_; online at the Mark Twain Project
website under the "Writings" link at marktwainproject.org

Barb