To Edward F. Noyes
26 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MiD, UCCL 01916)
26 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MiD, UCCL 01916)
Feb. 26, 1881.
slc/mt farmington avenue, hartford.
My Dear General:
Will you do Charles Dudley Warner, Quincy Ward the sculptor, & myself, the kindness to furnish a U. S. passport to my our particular friend the bearer of this, Mr. Karl Gerhardt, so that he can have the student-privileges in the Beaux-Arts so generously extended by France to the children of her sister nations? We could have sent to Washington, but that would have necessitated the taking of a later steamer, & a consequent loss of valuable time. Mr. Gerhardt is a citizen of the United States by birth & all other ways. Tru◊ sting that you will grant the prayer of this my petition, I am
With great respect, sincerely Yours
S. L. Clemens
His Excellency General Noyes,
U. S. Minister.
References
- Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, MiD.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 2 and 3 Apr 1968, no. 2676, lot 100, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 2.
Purchased at the Parke-Bernet Galleries sale from the library of Charles E. Feinberg.
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