You're correct. I must have had some mistake in my search criteria. I no longer see any reference to Berkeley. But I also can find no reference to letters sent by Sam Moffett before August 6th. There are several addressed to him but I see nothing about destinations (where he might have been). Many of these are from Pamela in Fredonia. The first previous letter from Sam Moffett I see is from San Francisco, February of 1895. So, he may or may not have been along for the journey. On 10/6/22 18:16, Barbara Schmidt wrote: > Scott, > > That is not what I am seeing for Samuel Moffett -- from Aug 6-9 he is in > Seattle; from Aug 10-12 he is in Tacoma; from Aug 14-15 he is in Seattle. > > Barb > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 8:03 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Thanks again, Barbara. MTP hasn't gotten to that date with their texts >> but it does appear that Sam Moffett could not have actually traveled >> with the entourage. Apparently he was in Berkeley, CA August 4; >> Victoria BC and Seattle August 6; Seattle on the 7th and 8th; then back >> to Berkeley by the 9th of August - judging by the origin of letters listed. >> >> On 10/6/22 15:42, Barbara Schmidt wrote: >>> Scott -- Moffett was a prolific letter writer. You can almost track his >>> movements by the letters he wrote during that time frame. Many are >> indexed >>> online at the Mark Twain Project. Example -- >>> >>> >> https://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/search?text=Samuel%20moffett;field1=writer;iso-year=1893;iso-year-max=1900;category=letters;style=mtp;brand=mtp;sort=date;startDoc=26https://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/search?text=Samuel%20moffett;field1=writer;iso-year=1893;iso-year-max=1900;category=letters;style=mtp;brand=mtp;sort=date;startDoc=26 >>> Barb >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 1:52 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>>> He most certainly is included. I wonder why Pond did not mention him as >>>> part of the entourage. Moffett likely followed on to Portland then >>>> possibly continued to San Francisco on his own. Did he, perhaps, >>>> publish anything regarding the North American trip? >>>> >>>> On 10/6/22 11:36, Barbara Schmidt wrote: >>>>> The OVERLAND WITH MARK TWAIN volume features photos of Moffett in >> Tacoma, >>>>> Washington on August 13 and aboard the U.S.S. MOHICAN ( p. 73, 75). >>>>> >>>>> Barb >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 12:43 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> I've come across a note in the Day By Day entry for August 1, 1908. >>>>>> This from an obituary notice in the New York Times, that "...and when >>>>>> Mr. Clemens >>>>>> started on his trip around the world in 1894, [sic 1895] Mr. >>>>>> Moffett accompanied him across the Continent as far as San >>>>>> Francisco." This trip did not include San Francisco and Sam Moffett >>>>>> is not mentioned by Major Pond in his journal - as per the Karanovich >>>>>> version in the "Overland with Mark Twain" volume from 1992. Is the >> New >>>>>> York Times wholly in error? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >>>> >> -- >> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >> -- /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/