A mud clerk was a helper or all-around worker aboard a steamboat during the period before and after the American Civil War, on rivers west of the Appalachian mountains, particularly aboard steamboats on the Mississippi River. According to Mark Twain in his autobiography, "Mud clerks received no salary, but they were in the line of promotion.
A mud clerk was a helper or all-around worker aboard a steamboat during the period before and after the American Civil War, on rivers west of the Appalachian mountains, particularly aboard steamboats on the Mississippi River. According to Mark Twain in his autobiography, "Mud clerks received no salary, but they were in the line of promotion.
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