After visiting the U.S. Capitol, this man noted that missed attempts at the spittoon were damaging the carpet in both chambers.
After visiting the U.S. Capitol, this man noted that missed attempts at the spittoon were damaging the carpet in both chambers. After visiting the Perkins Institution, this man wrote about seeing Samuel Gridley Howe's work with Laura Bridgman in a passage which inspired Helen Keller's parents to treat her. This man stayed at the Mermaid House while visiting Looking Glass Prairie, part of his journey to St. Louis by boat after his experience viewing slavery in Richmond, of which he wrote scathingly. This man's visit to the United States was chronicled in his American Notes and took place in 1842 as part of a tour to promote international copyrights. The year before he arrived in America, New Yorkers rioted at a dock importing his books, demanding to know if Little Nell lived. For 10 points, name this author whose disillusionment with America inspired his next book, Martin Chuzzlewit.
After visiting the U.S. Capitol, this man noted that missed attempts at the spittoon were damaging the carpet in both chambers.
Charles Dickens