To Henry Irving
14 March 1885 • New York, N.Y. (Paraphrase and partial transcript: Doris Harris Autograph catalogs, June 1980, lot 8, UCCL 08606)
14 March 1885 • New York, N.Y. (Paraphrase and partial transcript: Doris Harris Autograph catalogs, June 1980, lot 8, UCCL 08606)
Printed L.S. in purple pencil, “S. L. Clemens,” 1 page, 8 vo, New York, 14 March 1885. Backed by heavier paper. To British actor, Henry Irving.
An invitation to a public banquet at Delmonico’s, honoring Irving “. . . for your high personal qualities, the admiration you have excited artistically as an actor, and the respect which you have won as an earnest reformer of the stage . . . ” With an A.N.S., with initials, “SLC,” also in purple pencil in margin.
Paraphrase and partial transcript, Doris Harris Autograph catalogs, June 1980, lot 8.
MicroPUL, reel 2.