I wonder if Twain ever tried (or favored) a "GATH" brand cigar? https://www.ebay.com/itm/154368331917 Twain and George Alfred Townsend aka "GATH" were roommates in Washington City and exchanged correspondence for decades. On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 6:56 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Many times I've noticed Sam stating he smoked only the cheap five-cent > cigars. This is apparently not quite true. While parsing through the > Day By Day entries I found this note from December 24, 1905,in a letter > to William Robertson Coe, son-in-law to H.H. Rogers: "I have sampled > the CabaƱas, & they are fit for the Gods (who will not get a dam one of > them.) May you live long & continue to prosper; & Mrs. Coe the same." > > I'm wondering when Sam met a Vulcan.... > > /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > -- John Muller www.LostHistoryUSA.com 202.236.3413 Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Washington Syndicate l Washington Informer *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia <http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G>* [The History Press, 2012] Winner of 2013 DC READS *Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent* <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013]