To
Charles Warren Stoddard
28? October 1877 • 3rd of 5 • Hartford, Conn. (Inscription in The Innocents Abroad: Anderson Galleries catalog, sale of 10–11 November 1924, lot 182, and one other, UCCL 09765)
28? October 1877 • 3rd of 5 • Hartford, Conn. (Inscription in The Innocents Abroad: Anderson Galleries catalog, sale of 10–11 November 1924, lot 182, and one other, UCCL 09765)
To Chas Warren Stoddard
from his friend
Mark Twain
Hartford, Oct. 1877.
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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrims’ Progress. Hartford: American Publishing Company. 1869
Inscription in an 1876 imprint of SLC 1869, Anderson Galleries catalog, sale of 10–11 November 1924, lot 182, is the source of the text; Heritage Book Shop catalog, sale of 26–28 June 1997, lot 128, is the source of the lineation. The catalog’s italics have been rendered here as roman type.
Christie’s catalog, sale of 17 May 1996, lot 58; Heritage Book Shop catalogs: sale of unknown date, no. 1012, lot 45; sale of 15–17 November 1996, item 111; sale of 12–14 February 1999, lot 187.
Part of the William Harris Arnold collection offered for sale by the Anderson Auction Company in 1924.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.