This episode examines a Christmas letter Sam Clemens sent to his wife Olivia in 1871, full of good wishes for the season---and urging her to get her smallpox vaccination. Erin's guest on this episode is Kelly O'Donnell, lecturer in History at Yale University. Note: This episode contains discussion of child death.

Read more here: https://marktwainhouse.org/2021/06/08/ss-get-vaccinated

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Episode transcript: https://marktwainhouse.org/sams-shorts/e01

Music in this episode:

"Grace & Beauty Rag," composed by John Scott, recorded by Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic

Equilibrium I (cello version), by David Horowitz, CC NC 4 

"Wistful Rain" by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

"Wall Street Rag," composed by Scott Joplin, performed by Constantin Stephen, CC NC 4