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Source: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y ([NPV])

Cue: "Is that artist's"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2024

Print Publication:

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To Charles L. Webster
31 March 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 08829)
Dear Charley—

Is that artist’s name Kemble? IⒶemendation cannot recall that man’s name. Is that it? There is a Kemble on “Life,” but is he the man who illustrated the applying of electrical protectors to door-knobs, door-mats &c & electrical hurriers to messengers, waiters, &c., 4 or 5 weeks ago. That is the man I want to try.

Ys
S L C

Osgood has sent the $2500.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, in pencil, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.

Previous Publication:

MTBus, 246.

Provenance:

see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Kemble? I ● ~?— | ~

References

  1. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  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. Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
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