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Source: United States Library of Congress, Washington, D.C ([DLC])

Cue: "All right: you"

Source format: "TS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To John Russell Young
20 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, typewritten, from dictation: DLC, UCCL 02175)
my dear young:—

all right: you shall name the day yourself, and i shall be as glad to see you, as if i had named it myself. the madam and i, would do our level best to make you comfortable.

yours sincerely,
s. l. clemens.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, typewritten, from dictation, John Russell Young Papers, DLC.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

Donated by Young’s third wife, May Dow Davids Young, their son, Gordon Russell Young, and Dorothy Mills Young, 1924-1967.

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

References

  1. United States Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  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. Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
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