Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) : a biography and bibliography . ow, writes us from Pittsburg as follows: Pitsburg, Jan. 27, 18& Plane Deeler:Sir: i write to no how about the show bisnes in Cleeve-land i have a show consisting in part of a CalfornyBare two snakes tame foxies &c also wax works mywax works is hard to beat, all say they is life andnateral curiosities among my wax works is OurSaveyer Gen taylor and Docktor Webster in the acktof killing Parkman. now mr. Editor scratch off fewlines and tel me how is the show bisnes in your goodcity i shal have hanbils printed at your offi
Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) : a biography and bibliography . ow, writes us from Pittsburg as follows: Pitsburg, Jan. 27, 18& Plane Deeler:Sir: i write to no how about the show bisnes in Cleeve-land i have a show consisting in part of a CalfornyBare two snakes tame foxies &c also wax works mywax works is hard to beat, all say they is life andnateral curiosities among my wax works is OurSaveyer Gen taylor and Docktor Webster in the acktof killing Parkman. now mr. Editor scratch off fewlines and tel me how is the show bisnes in your goodcity i shal have hanbils printed at your offis youscratch my back and i will scratch your back, alsogit up a grate blow in the paper about my show dontforgit the wax works. yours truly, Artemus Ward Pitsburg Penny *p S pitsburg is a 1 horse town. A. W. We believe Mr. W. would do well with his showhere, and advise him to come along immediately. The nom de plume, though variously accounted for,in one instance as the misspelling of the cognomen of theRevolutionary general, Artemas Ward, was really a [24]. CLEVELAND home product. Waterford, his native town, was a land-grant given to pay claims rising out of Sir WilliamPhippss expedition against the French of Canada in1690. The Province of Massachusetts Bay, havingfailed to collect enough from the spoil of the Acadiansto pay the bills, gave away much land. Some of thislay in New Hampshire and the grants were disallowedby that colony in 1739. Maine, being then part of theBay State, was drawn upon to make good in 1774 tothe heirs of past creditors, and Waterford was a slicegiven to Seth Rice, Stephen Maynard, and JohnGardner, and Artemus Ward is joined reads therecord. Jabez Brown, Artemus Wards great-grand-father, surveyed the tract in 1783. His grandfatherwas agent for the Massachusetts owners of the un-settled lands. His father, a surveyor, had much to dowith them, so of course their names were familiar tothe family. It is easy to conclude, therefore, that inpicking a pen-nam
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