21 May 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Will M. Clemens 1900, 27; AAA/Anderson 1935, lot 39, UCCL 00467)
I mislaid the letter inquiring about Cambridge, N. Y., till this moment. It got mixed with my loose papers. Ⓐemendation
They Ⓐemendation told me that the society I talked for was the leading & Ⓐemendation favorite. They half burned down the hall at 7 P.M. Ⓐemendation & yet at 8 had a full house Ⓐemendation, though a mighty wet & Ⓐemendation smoky one. It was a bad night, too.Ⓐemendation 1explanatory note
Now this picture is “Something like”—it flatters me & that is what I have been trying to get, these many years. I have ordered 1500 copies. Ⓐemendation 2explanatory note
Although the enclosed carte de visite has not been found, it was identical (except for any inscription) with those sent to Paige on 20? May, to Bowen on 21? May, and to an unidentified person on 4 July.
Adopted readings followed by ‘(C)’ are editorial emendations of the source readings.
References
- Clemens, Will M. “Mark Twain on the Lecture Platform.” Ainslee’s Magazine 6 (August): 25–32. 1900
- AAA/Anderson. Handsomely Bound Set of Esteemed Authors . . . the Library of the Late Richard P. H. Durkee, New York . . . the Remaining Portion of the Library of the Late Hannah M. Standish, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Other Properties. Sale no. 4215 (14 December). New York: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries. 1935
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 4: 1870–1871. Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1995
No copy-text. The text is based on two transcriptions, each of which derives independently from the manuscript.
P2 describes and misdates the MS as a ‘1-p. A. L. s. “Mark”, to Mr. Redpath, May 21 [1878].’
L4 , 135.
The MS had been tipped into volume 1 of The Innocents Abroad in one of 512 sets of the American Publishing Company’s Autograph Edition of the Writings of Mark Twain. The set, including the MS, was sold in 1935 as part of the library of Hannah M. Standish; its present location is not known.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.