To James R. Osgood
27 September 1882 • Elmira, N.Y. (Sales catalog: letter in pencil, listed in C. F. Libbie and Co., 15–16 February 1910, lot 562, UCCL 09749)
27 September 1882 • Elmira, N.Y. (Sales catalog: letter in pencil, listed in C. F. Libbie and Co., 15–16 February 1910, lot 562, UCCL 09749)
Elmira, Wednesday.Ⓐemendation
beginning of letter missing
Am mailing you another chapter or two.
unknown amount of text missing
Book nearly done, now. Is mainly in the hands of the copyist. Will send you the seven (reprint) chapters, revised and corrected presently—the ones first illustrated by the artist. Also, title-page, etc. (“Life on the Mississippi”), so that you can hurry up your canvassing specimen.
remainder of letter missing
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Wednesday. ● Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1882).
References
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
Sales catalog, letter in pencil, listed in C. F. Libbie and Co., 15–16 February 1910, lot 562.
MicroPUL, reel 2.