“doings in Nevada” more or less straight journalism – it is published. A Life pg 134
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Sam writes “For Sale or To Rent”
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)
Sam retorts to the bad review of his lecture
he bashes the prosecuting attorneys in every industry – including entertainment. even though he had written a lot of theatre reviews.