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The New York Times, July 10, 1948

Sanctum of Mark Twain Coming to Museum Here

By The Associated Press.

KEOKUK, Iowa, July 9 - The room in which Mark Twain edited the first Keokuk city directory and some of his early writing is to be moved to New York City.

The Home Insurance Company of New York, owner of the Iowa State Insurance Company's building here in which the room is located, announced today that the room would be moved to the Harold Smith Museum in New York.

The printing case and type stick used by the famous writer and several other items, including the floor he trod, will be taken to the museum. The room had been maintained here since 1859.

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