To Unidentified
25 April? 1873 • Hartford, Conn. (Parke-Bernet 1971, lot 207, UCCL 09691)
25 April? 1873 • Hartford, Conn. (Parke-Bernet 1971, lot 207, UCCL 09691)
Hartford, April 25.Ⓐemendation
. . . .
any N.Y. book store can furnish you a Mormon Bible1explanatory note
. . . .
Explanatory Notes
1
Clemens seems to have been answering a question prompted by his ridicule of the Mormon bible in chapter 16 of Roughing It. Since he was not in Hartford in April 1872, this letter fragment has been assigned to 1873, although it may have been written in 1874, or even later.
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ
Hartford, April 25. ●
Hartford, April 25,reported, not quoted
References
- Parke-Bernet. Autographs: Historical, Literary, Scientific, Artistic, Musical. . . . The Property of Various Owners, Including Charles N. Owen. Sale no. 3151 (2 and 3 February). New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries. 1971
- 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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 5: 1872–1873. Edited by Lin Salamo and Harriet Elinor Smith. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1997
Parke-Bernet 1971, lot 207, which describes the letter as an “A.L.s., 1 page 8vo, Hartford, April 25, n.y., to an unnamed recipient.”
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