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Mark Twain: Quarry Farm: 1870–1900 Elmira: Twain's family visited his wife's family home every summer for 30 years. Three of his daughters were born here. Today, it is used as a retreat for Mark Twain scholars. [64] Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman Birthplace: 1819–1824 West Hills
Twain met biographer Albert Bigelow Paine in 1906 while living in New York City. He decided to purchase 195 acres of land in Redding where Paine lived, [1] purchasing his first parcel there March 24, 1906, and buying additional acreage in May and September that year.
The Clemenses lived in Buffalo, New York, from 1869 to 1871. Twain owned a stake in the Buffalo Express newspaper and worked as an editor and writer. [53] [50] While they were living in Buffalo, their son Langdon died of diphtheria in 1872 at the age of 19 months. They had three daughters: Susy (1872–1896), Clara (1874–1962), [54] and Jean ...
The Lotos Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded primarily by a young group of writers and critics in 1870 as a gentlemen's club , it has since begun accepting women as members. Mark Twain , an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs". [ 1 ]
Clara Clemens (1874–1962), concert singer and Mark Twain's only surviving child and widow of Ossip Gabrilowitsch; Jean Clemens (1880–1909), Mark Twain's youngest daughter; Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), Mark Twain's wife and editor; Susy Clemens (1872–1896), Mark Twain's eldest daughter and a biographer of him
I lived in Times Square for a year — here's what it's like to live in the most hectic part of New York City. Amanda Macias. December 31, 2016 at 11:25 AM.
The Hotel Chelsea (also known as the Chelsea Hotel and the Chelsea) is a hotel at 222 West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Built between 1883 and 1884, the hotel was designed by Philip Hubert in a style described variously as Queen Anne Revival and Victorian Gothic.
The central character is the wealthy New York land baron Gerrit Smith, who came up with a unique workaround for a New York law that prevented Blacks who owned less than $250 (the equivalent of ...