To
James R. Osgood
16 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 01873)
16 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 01873)
Hartford, Dec. 16/80.
My Dear Osgood—
I am mighty glad Howells thinks so well of the book; & I hoped to goodness he used his damnifying pencil fre on the MS, in which case I shall know where to enlarge, knock out, & otherwise amend.
Your program for the New York trip cannot be improved on. Stick to it. Stop over here one train & I will go down with you & we will do the rest as you have proposed.
Ys Truly
S L C
cross-written:
Tell Howells to fetch along my umbrella if he has not sold it.—I mean pawned it.
References
- 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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, Axelrod.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
The MS, evidently from the collection of Irving S. Underhill, was offered for sale by AAA/Anderson Galleries, 29–30 January 1936, lot 123. In 1981, it was owned by Jim Williams; in 1983 it was owned by Todd M. Axelrod.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.