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Source: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass ([MH-H])

Cue: "Glad to hear"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: AB

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To James R. Osgood
7 January 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 02145)
Dear Osgood—

A Glad to hear that decision of the Toronto pirates’ lawyers.

I am meditating a little assault of a rather venomous nature upon Whitelaw Reid, & maybe you better drop in & consult about the judacity of it if you are going to pass through here within a few days.

Ys Truly
S L C.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Rogers Memorial Room, MH-H (shelf mark bMS Thr 470, 29).

Previous Publication:

MTLP, 151.

Provenance:

The Henry M. Rogers and Kathleen Rogers Collection was donated to MH-H in 1930.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

References

  1. Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.
  2. 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
  3. 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
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