To Clara L. Spaulding
20 December 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: inscription in The Prince and the Pauper, listed in Anderson Galleries, 24–26 January 1923, no. 1704, lot 237, UCCL 09777)
20 December 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: inscription in The Prince and the Pauper, listed in Anderson Galleries, 24–26 January 1923, no. 1704, lot 237, UCCL 09777)
To
Miss Clara L. Spaulding,
Elmira, N. Y.
With more than cousinful, &
almost unclesome, affection of
The Author.Ⓐemendation
Hartford, Dec. 20, 1881.
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ The Author.
● The Author.
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 Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1881
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, inscription in SLC 1881, listed in Anderson Galleries, 24–26 January 1923, no. 1704, lot 237. The lineation has been editorially supplied to match Clemens’s typical format for book inscriptions.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
The inscribed book was offered for sale as part of the “Fine and Extensive Library of Mrs. John B. Stanchfield” (the former Clara L. Spaulding) after the death of her husband in 1921.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.