To William Dean Howells
12 May 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: MH-H, UCCL 02977)
12 May 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: MH-H, UCCL 02977)
Hartford May 12/84
My Dear Howells—
I am powerful glad to hear the news; & I hope that the utmost possibility of your hopes will be realized. I want to know when it goes on the stage, for I want to be present if possible.
Well, why not talk to that manager about running Sellers? I don’t believe Webster has seen Raymond yet.Ⓐemendation
Yrs Ever
Mark.
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ I don’t . . . yet. ● squeezed in at bottom of page, possibly inserted
References
- Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.
- 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
MS, in pencil, MH-H.
MTHL, 2:487.
see Howells Letters in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.