Jeffrey Savoye, of the Baltimore Poe Society, has made an inquiry of me which I cannot answer, so I turn to those more knowledgeable than me (which includes just about everyone): "This is a pretty obscure request, but I am hoping that you can confirm or deny a claim that Dr. George Halstead Boylan was the Twain family physician, at least at some point. It is an odd detail, but he was married to Ellen Gilmore, who was born at Glen Ellen, an estate that was very near where I live. (She was the last of the immediate family to survive, dying in 1908.). I am currently writing an informal history of the Dogwood Hill Community and the nearby area and it would be a curious bit of trivia to include, if true." Should any of you have an answer for Jeffrey, you can send it directly to him at . [log in to unmask] As always, many thanks to the incredible people who inhabit this list. dennis eddings