In his letter of 9 December 1877 Orion included a clipping from the Keokuk *Gate City* that reported on the *Elbow Room* fraud, based on information he had supplied. SLC referred to Sir John Franklin because Orion had also sent his manuscript of a story he was working on about arctic exploration and descent to the center of the earth. Harriet Smith, Mark Twain Project On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 3:09 PM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is also a letter from Orion Clemens to SLC circa 9 Dec 1877 that > included another news clip that I have not been able to locate detailing > Orion’s efforts to get to the bottom of the fraud. Fears mentions this in > his Vol. 1 online at > > https://daybyday.marktwainstudies.com/vol-1-section-0035/ > > One probably needs to see Orion’s letter and the news clip he sent to > understand SLC’s reference to “Sir John Franklin.” Neither appear to be > available online. > > Barb > -- Harriet E. Smith