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The 2,000-word stories, or "letters" were then sent by stagecoach for publication in the Territorial Enterprise, located in Virginia City, Nevada.
About 110 letters by Twain, written between 1865-1866, were discovered. Previously, the letters were believed to have been lost in a fire, but copies were found in other Western newspapers.
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Over 100 Lost Stories By Mark Twain Have Been Discovered