To
James R. Osgood
20 July 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CtY-BR, UCCL 01251)
20 July 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CtY-BR, UCCL 01251)
Hartford, July 20.
My Dear Osgood:
It seems a shame that a thief can go on & print 2000 copies of stolen goods & have to es Ⓐemendation escape punishment through the weakness of the law; but still, since it is advised that we stop with the present result I am willing, provided the “public statement for moral effect” (& for Mr. Gill’s exposure) be made.1explanatory note
We have gained everything, & established a strong point, useful in the future, if said public statement be made.
Yrs Truly
Samℓ. L.
Clemens
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Emendations and Textual Notes
References
- Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Conn.
- 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
- Hill, Hamlin, ed. Mark Twain’s Letters to His Publishers, 1867–1894. Edited by Hamlin Hill. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1967
MS, Willard S. Morse Collection, Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (CtY-BR).
L6 , 514–515; MTLP , 90.
The Morse Collection was donated in 1942 by Walter F. Frear.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.