What, if any, was Twain's relationship to San Francisco publisher Frederick Marriott -- other than his fascination for Marriott's invention -- a flying machine named the Avitor? Did Twain ever contribute to Marriott's "San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser" -- described as the official paper of the Aerial Steam Navigation Company? According to the Diamond jubilee edition (for the years 1850-1925) of the above -- published on Sept. 5, 1925: "The News Letter has been a kindergarten that has developed an unusual number of the brainiest and best known writers on the Pacific Coast, writers that later developed national and, in many instances, international reputations. Among them were: James F. Bowman, Frank C. Cremony, Bret Harte, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), W.T. Carleton... ." [p. 8]. Thanks, Barb