todaysdocument:Happy 180th Birthday, Samuel Langhorne Clemens!(November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910)
todaysdocument: Happy 180th Birthday, Samuel Langhorne Clemens!(November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) “Samuel Clemens on the left, & possibly Gen. Thomas Williams” Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921 - 1940. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 Famed American author Samuel L. Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was born 180 years ago on November 30, 1835. Did you know prolific author and humorist was also an inventor? See Samuel Clemens’ Patent: 121,992 - Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments in the National Archives Catalog. Read more about Clemens’ patent via our colleagues at the United States Patent Office: Mark Twain Granted His First Patent on December 19, 1871. -- source link