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/ >