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   This is hopefully a simple question, but I've been unable to discover how to
   do it.

Did you read the Emacs manual?

   How does one configure emacs so it will stop leaving ~ files around?

>>From (emacs)Backup:

   For most files, the variable `make-backup-files' determines whether
to make backup files.  On most operating systems, its default value is
`t', so that Emacs does write backup files.