To David Watt Bowser
16 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: TxU-Hu, UCCL 02087)
16 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: TxU-Hu, UCCL 02087)
Hartford Nov. 16/81.
slcDear Master Wattie—
Many thanks for the photograph & the pretty pictures. In return, I am going to send you a copy of my new book when it issues in December.
Truly Yours
S L Clemens
Master Wattie Bowser | Care Messrs. Bowser & Lemon | Dallas | TexasⒶemendation return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: hartford conn. nov 17 5pm
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Texas ● [T◊◊◊◊] covered with tape
References
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
- 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
- Covici, Pascal, Jr. “Dear Master Wattie: The Mark Twain–David Watt Bowser Letters.” Southwest Review 45 (Spring): 106–9. 1960
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, correspondence card, TxU-Hu.
Covici 1960, 112; MicroPUL, reel 2.
As of 1960, the letters to Bowser were “in the possession of Bowser’s niece, Mrs. E. C. Stradley” and destined “for eventual deposit in the manuscript archives” at TxU (Covici 1960, 105).
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.