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Hartford, CT is currently an unimpressive city that's practically deserted after 5 p.m. and on weekends. But Mark Twain loved it enough to settle there when it was a cultural and economic hotspot. What element of the city would have caught Twain's eye?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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