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Clemens Conversations: The Character of the Place

Virtual interactive lectures, document discussions, & ongoing research

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 3:00PM

Virtual via our Virtual Platform

351 Farmington Ave

Hartford, CT 06105

This event takes place in Zoom. We will send link after you have bought your ticket.

Clemens Conversations: The Character of the Place

Wednesday June 14 at 12 PM (Noon) ET

$6.50 per virtual connection, free for museum members

When Sam Clemens first visited Hartford in 1868, he deemed it “the best built and the handsomest town I have ever seen.” But Hartford was more than just a pretty place–it was one of the richest cities in the United States at the time. “Hartford dollars have a place in half the great moneyed enterprises of the Union,” Clemens noted, and his neighbor Harriet Beecher Stowe called it “fat, rich, and cosy.” This 60-minute program explores the social, cultural, and economic dynamics of the Gilded Age through the city where Clemens helped coin the term itself, as well as the ways the city shaped his career and personal life.

Clemens Conversations are hosted on Zoom. Once you purchase your ticket, keep an eye out for an emailed receipt, which will contain a link to register for the Zoom session.