To William Dean Howells
April? 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: letter in pencil, listed in Stan V. Henkels, 16 October 1930, no. 1447, lot 353, UCCL 02946)
April? 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: letter in pencil, listed in Stan V. Henkels, 16 October 1930, no. 1447, lot 353, UCCL 02946)
353 Clemens, Samuel L. A. N. S. in pencil, Hartford, Saturday, no date. To “Dear Howells.” Signed Mark Twain.
“Webster has been to Providence & shoved his price up to $250—a night.”
References
- 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
- MTHL. Mark Twain–Howells Letters. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson, with the assistance of Frederick Anderson. 2 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1960
Sales catalog, letter in pencil, listed in Stan V. Henkels, 16 October 1930, no. 1447, lot 353.
MTHL, 2:482.
see Howells Letters in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.