To James R. Osgood
9 or 10 March 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 08970)
9 or 10 March 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 08970)
It is rumored that Mes[s]rs. J. R. Osgood & Co contemplate the issue of a Cyclopedia of Humor, with Mark Twain or W. D. Howells (& possibly both,)Ⓐemendation to do the compiling & editing.
My Dear O—Ask G Howells if he objects to the above form—if he doesn’t, fire away.
Yrs
S L C
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ or W. D. Howells (& possibly both,) ● written in blue ink, like the rest of the letter, but canceled in black pencil and
purple ink, presumably by someone other than Clemens
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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, Rogers Memorial Room, MH-H (shelf mark bMS Thr 470, 11).
MicroPUL, reel 2.
The Henry M. Rogers and Kathleen Rogers Collection was donated to MH in 1930.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.