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Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part One (1867-1879)

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This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in the chronological listing are some of Twain’s short stories, speeches and letters, as they appeared in the New York Times from the first (May 1, 1867) up through 1924 (the most recent Public Domain year available). "Part One" of the collection includes articles that appeared from 1867 through 1879. The original microfiche articles are available at the New York Times "Time Machine" website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt (4 hr 19 min)

Chapters

May 1, 1867 - New Publications [Jumping Frog]

2:31

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May 7, 1867 - Mark Twain's Lecture [Sandwich Islands]

2:40

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June 9, 1867 - The Pleasure Excursion to Europe and Palestine - Sailing of the …

6:23

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July 23, 1871 - A Real Church & A New Beecher Church

24:55

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January 25, 1872 - Mark Twain's Lecture [''Roughing It'']

1:37

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November 26, 1872 - Perils of the Sea

10:17

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February 6, 1873 - Mark Twain's Lecture on the Sandwich Islands [Review]

4:54

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June 11, 1873 - Mark Twain - An Interesting Question in Trade-Mark - The ''Inn…

3:18

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June 12, 1873 - Mark Twain's Suit - He Obtains a Permanent Injunction

1:33

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September 17, 1874 - Amusements [Review of performance of ''The Gilded Age'']

4:06

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November 29, 1874 - Sociable Jimmy

12:11

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December 24, 1874 - Amusements - The 100th Representation of ''The Gilded Age''

9:32

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April 29, 1875 - Proposed Shakespeare Memorial

9:05

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October 1, 1875 - A Persistent Beggar

8:13

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December 9, 1875 - Mark Twain’s Contribution

1:40

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March 19, 1876 - Mark Twain on St. Patrick

4:37

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October 2, 1876 - Mark Twain in Politics

9:41

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October 29, 1876 - Mark Twain Compliments Postmaster James

2:10

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December 23, 1876 - Forefather’s Day - Speech of Mr. Samuel Clemens: ''The Olde…

18:13

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January 13, 1877 - Unsigned book review for Tom Sawyer

11:39

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June 17, 1877 - Mark Twain [How he got his name]

1:33

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August 1, 1877 - Amusements - Fifth-Avenue Theatre

7:24

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September 20, 1877 - Mark Twain’s ''Tramp'' of The Sea

5:07

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October 7, 1877 - Mark Twain’s War Experiences

11:04

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December 20, 1877 - Twain at the Whittier Dinner

12:18

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April 12,1878 - The Start for Germany

11:43

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April 11, 1879 - Too Late for Roger McPherson - Mark Twain Apologizes for Not m…

7:51

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September 3, 1879 - Mark Twain Home Again

9:27

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October 19, 1879 - ''The Innocents'' in Elmira & Patriotic Letter from Mark Twa…

8:23

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November 15, 1879 - Banquet of the Army of the Tennessee

9:08

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November 26, 1879 - How His Time is Wasted

8:34

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December 14, 1879 - The Postal Order Again

17:50

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