Twain was traveling alone on the tour that I refer to. He was giving the American Vandal Abroad lecture. On 4/16/2020 5:53 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI wrote: > The nyc library has a journal that was kept by one of them on that trip i have looked at that jounal twice, but it has been years since i have seen it, i do not tecall seeing sandusky in the travel dates. > > Jules a 50 year twain scholar ,:) ms in twain studies > > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > ________________________________ > From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:23:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: The Prettiest furniture > > Hey Scott, I am a newer Mark Twain scholar. When I give talks, I talk > about how close Twain got to Sandusky OH where I live. In his 1869 > lecture tour, he probably criss-crossed here. > He spoke in Cleveland and then went to Toledo and then back to Norwalk > (about 10 miles south of Sandusky). Do you happen to know his route? > There was the Lake Shore Electric Railroad that went between Toledo and > Cleveland with Sandusky mid-line and Norwalk on another trunk. Can you > possibly confirm that he took the Lake Shore Electric? Thanks, Phil > > > > > > On 4/16/2020 1:22 PM, scott wrote: >> Sam wrote Livy from Toledo, while on the Twain-Cable tour, about the >> prettiest furniture he'd seen in a hotel. I believe I have determined >> that the hotel was The Hibbard House in Jackson, MI. Ironically, it >> was a replacement for this hotel that was awarded an historical >> building status, The Otsego Hotel. I mention this for those interested >> in Twain landmarks.