A facetious story about how the slate of candidates rejected with the first constitution have nowhere to go. orion took this personally. the new york mercury and walt whitman read it at ward’s urging. MTIVC pg 150 he mentions character flaws of the discarded secretary of state (orion)
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Sam had sent a letter to the NY weekly Mercury
“doings in Nevada” more or less straight journalism – it is published. A Life pg 134
Sam returns to VC
The legislature adjourns and Orion and Mollie are like zombies. He reports on 1742 applications to be notary publics. “Concerning Notaries”