folks, that link from Alan did not seem to work for me, so here is the report in the STLPD: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fire-guts-historic-home-with-ties-to-mark-twain-embers/article_d2205ae7-2d7b-5dab-939f-a17b120ed4d8.html it's a pretty rough part of town, these days, on the "old northside"; arson is suspected; nota bene my university, SLU, has extensive holdings of James Clemens and his family, including extended family like Cyril, in the archives... there are mountains of material, some of which I've looked over, but if any intrepid scholars are looking for some less well traveled roads in MT scholarship.... -hb On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Alan Gribben <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Forum Readers, > > Last night fire destroyed the St. Louis mansion of James L. Clemens. It > was= > built in 1859 and there are indications that Sam Clemens visited it at > lea= > st once. James L. Clemens was the benevolent relative who rescued the > Hanni= > bal birthplace house from being auctioned after John Marshall Clemens left > = > the family impoverished at his death. > > See the attached newspaper article about this sad event. > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www. > ksdk.com_mobile_article_news_local_historic-2Djames-2Dl- > 2Dclemens-2Dhous-3D&d=DwIBAg&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r= > f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=uJlY2eQHWZKx-w1RxLjIAugCV38vMvyw-HbJU0zxUoc&s= > maC3elOPD3TLL8j8aj2lXc9a5jBpy8GGzE1ZGUEku_w&e= > e-destroyed-by-fire/455990594 > > Alan Gribben > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> www.halbush.com