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Source: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y ([NPV])

Cue: "As a general"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2025

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To Charles L. Webster
5 July 1884 • 1st of 2 (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 02430)
Dear Charley—

As a general thing, no quotations are needed. In the instance mentioned they were not necessary.


Keep an eye out, & see if the ad. of the Alabama pirates disappears from the newspapers.

If it doesn’t disappear pretty soon, I will try to take my copyrights away from the Am. Co.

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

MS, in pencil, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.

Previous Publication:

MTBus, 264

Provenance:

see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

References

  1. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  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. Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
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