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My illustrious grandfather by a single act changed twenty millions of serfs into subjects; President Lincoln by one stroke of his pen changed every black man into a free man. Zinovy met Mark Twain when he accompanied Maxim Gorky to the United States in 1906. I have never belonged to a party nor to a church. Howells, in turn, provided him with a letter of introduction to Clemens.

Ivan Narodny from The Saturday Evening Post, April 7, 1906.

Also appearing on April 7, 1906 was a lengthy story in The Saturday Evening Post by Ernest Poole which featured an interview with Narodny titled "Till Russia Shall Be Free." Poole's feature told of Narodny's daring deeds; time spent in prison for revolutionary activities; and a variety of disguises, aliases and escapes that had brought Narodny to America in search of funding for a Russian revolution.

Later reports from files in the Bureau of Investigation indicate Narodny's previous name was Jaan Sibul (translated to English as John Onion) who had served time in prison in Estonia in 1898.

Along with Clemens, other the prominent members of the American Society were Lyman Abbot, Alice Stone Blackwell, William Lloyd Garrison, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Julia Ward Howe, George Kennan, James Russell Lowell, Hamilton W. Mabie, Alice Freeman Palmer and Frank B. Sanborn. I wish somebody would assassinate the Russian Family.

I thought it my duty to warn you in this matter.

In a second letter to Clemens dated April 11, 1907 Tchaykovsky sent another clipping from The New York Times titled "Spiridovitch's Mission" (The New York Times of April 7, 1907, p. Despite the tragic end to his reign, his legacy continues to resonate, offering insights into the complexities of power, duty, and the human spirit.

No doubt pictures of chained Russian peasants brought back memories of chained black slaves he had seen in Hannibal, Missouri. "I am certain that it will be successful, as it deserves to be.

Most of the writers were active members of the socialist movement in the United States. These massacres have been so frequent that we have become almost indifferent to them.

Accept the fraternal greetings (71). The case was plain, but it seemed preposterous, nevertheless -- as preposterous as trying to knock down a mountain or wipe out a continent. Be that is it may, they all in their day and generation stood for the sort of thing that Gorky and Madame Andreiva stand for today. The New York Times of January 5, 1907 reported on an appearance by Tchaykovsky which was attended by 6,000 at the Grand Central Palace the previous evening (88).

The internal arrangements consisting of a corridor running the full length of the building, with several large coils on each side, each one accommodating many prisoners. It would be so far off as not personally to affect them, and in theory it would be a great and good and glorious event. Some of us, even the white-headed, may live to see the blessed day when czars and grand dukes will be as scarce there as I trust they are in heaven.

Most sincerely yours,
MARK TWAIN (37).

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AN INVITATION FROM IVAN NARODNY

Throughout April 1906 the New York newspapers continued to report on the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius as well as incoming Russian revolutionaries.