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The Quaker City excursionJun 1867Thirteen days of prayer meetings
Sixty-five pilgrims, one melodeon and a sea that would not lie still. I took up dominoes in self-defence.
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Hartford, Connecticut, USAmarktwain.wroteabout.comWriting since 1867
Pilot, miner, printer, lecturer. Sailed for the Holy Land in 1867 with sixty pilgrims and came home the only sinner. A test profile in the spirit of The Innocents Abroad (1869).
The Quaker City excursionJun 1867Sixty-five pilgrims, one melodeon and a sea that would not lie still. I took up dominoes in self-defence.