To
Joseph H. and Harmony C. Twichell
18 November 1868 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CtY-BR, UCCL 02765)
18 November 1868 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CtY-BR, UCCL 02765)
Cleveland, Nov. 18.
Congratulate me, my often remembered friends—for lo, the child is born! It was most flatteringly received—1200 applausive & appreciative people present. I have dropped a note to the S. & K., Yale College, inclosing the Ⓐemendationparagraphs. I speak in Pittsburgh tomorrow & Elmira 23d. Love to you both. Good-bye. Yrs
Alf Always—
Mark.
Emendations and Textual Notes
References
- Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Conn.
- 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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 2: 1867–1868. Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith, Richard Bucci, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1990
- Strong, Leah A. Joseph Hopkins Twichell: Mark Twain’s Friend and Pastor. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 1966
MS, Joseph H. Twichell Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (CtY-BR).
L2 , 282.
It is not known when Twichell’s papers were deposited at Yale, although it is likely that he bequeathed them to the university upon his death in 1918. He was a trustee of the Yale Corporation for thirty-nine years (1874–1913); Yale gave him an honorary M.A. in 1886, and made him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1913; and at least one of his sons (Joseph Hooker Twichell, who was on the football team) attended Yale (Strong, 162).
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.