10 April 1874 • (2nd of 2) • Hartford, Conn. (Paraphrase: AAA 1925, lot 24, UCCL 01076)
Clemens (Samuel L.). Two Autograph Letters Signed, “Mark,” and both addressed to James Redpath. Together, 2 pieces.
Comprises.—(1) . . . .1explanatory note (2) 2pp. 12mo, April 10, 1874. The letter is headed “Later,”2explanatory note and relates to an article offensive to Clemens which appeared in one of the Boston papers, and of which he writes “I will try hard to make some newspaper sweat for this.”3explanatory note
The ellipses are editorially supplied, in place of the first letter, 23 Feb 74 to Redpathclick to open link (1st).
The letter Clemens evidently wrote earlier on 10 April has not been found.
A version of the offensive article had appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript on 5 March, the earliest identified printing: “Some Hartford men tendered Mark Twain a welcome supper, and the bill, amounting to $208, was sent to him. He paid it, with the remark that he’d rigidly adhere to his own table hereafter” (“New England News,” 2).
References
- American Art Association. The Collection of the Late William F. Gable of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Part 8. Sale of 16 April. New York: American Art Association. 1925
- 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 6: 1874–1875. Edited by Michael B. Frank and Harriet Elinor Smith. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 2002
Paraphrase and transcript, AAA 1925, lot 24. See 23 Feb 74 to Redpathclick to open link (1st) for the other letter in lot 24.
L6 , 104.
When offered for sale in 1925 the MS was part of the collection of William F. Gable.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.