Anson Burlingame was one exception, and perhaps Israel Washburn another; but as a rule the New Englander's strength was his poise which almost amounted to a defect.
During this time, Mark wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, a story of a New Englander who's transported back in time and tries to modernize medieval England.
Like all New Yorkers he was decidedly not a Bostonian; but he was what one might call a transplanted New Englander, like General Sherman; a variety, grown in ranker soil.
As an ally he was worth all the rest, because he understood his own class, who were always a majority; and knew how to deal with them as no New Englander could.
East Coast oysters were brought to Chicago by New England Americans and became so popular a brand-new eatery was created: the oyster saloon. You can still find oyster bars throughout Chicago.
As practical a New Englander as any, he leaned towards the Concord faith rather than towards Boston where he properly belonged; for Concord, in the dark days of 1856, glowed with pure light.