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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "New Year's Card"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "card"

Notes:

Last modified: 2009-02-23T13:44:26

Revision History: Paradise, Kate 2009-02-23 | ldm 2009-01-29 was form letter | ldm 2009-02-23 added xml

Published on MTPO: 2022

Print Publication:

This edited text supersedes the previously published text
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1 January 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, engraved greeting card: CU-MARK, UCCL 09288)
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, engraved greeting card (95 by 50 centimeters), CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Explanatory Notes
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This card was designed as a gift for Clemens by Truman W. (True) Williams (1839-97), a favorite illustrator for his books. Printed in red ink (faded to pink) with black background by the American Publishing Company, an unknown number were made available to Clemens on 30 December 1875 ( L6 , 5 Nov 1875 to Bliss, 585–86; 16 Dec 1875 to Conway, 601 n. 2).

References

  1. University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
  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 Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
  4. SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 6: 1874–1875. Edited by Michael B. Frank and Harriet Elinor Smith. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 2002
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