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Source: Mark Twain Museum, Hannibal, Mo ([MoHM])

Cue: "Mrs. C. wrote you yesterday or day before"

Source format: "MS, envelope only"

Letter type: "envelope only"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Karl Gerhardt
postmarked 3 March 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, envelope only, damage emended: MoHM, UCCL 08590)

Mr. Karl GerhardtⒶemendation | Ashland House | 315 Fourth ave | New York written vertically along left edge: Mrs.Ⓐemendation C. wrote you yesterdayⒶemendation or day before.Ⓐemendation return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: hartford conn. mar 3 1pm Ⓐemendation and . . . 3-4-81 1a

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, envelope only, damage emended, MoHM (HB.xx.10959.1).

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Gerhardt ● G Gerhardt corrected miswriting
Ⓐ Mrs. ● Mrs. Mrs. corrected miswriting
Ⓐ yesterday ● ◊◊◊◊ | terday torn away
Ⓐ before. ● before◊ one to three characters torn away
Ⓐ hartford conn. mar 3 1pm ● hart◊◊◊◊ conn. mar 3 1pmbadly inked

References

  1. Mark Twain Museum, Hannibal, Mo.
  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 Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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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