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Source: Hamilton (Charles) catalog, ([])

Cue: "You've done exceedingly"

Source format: "Sales catalog"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

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Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Francis E. Bliss
24 January 1878 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: Charles Hamilton Galleries,
3 February 1972, no. 55, lot 112, UCCL 10340)

112  CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. (“MARK TWAIN”). A.L.S. “Saml. L. Clemens,” 1 full page, small 8vo, Hartford, Jan. 24, (18)78. To “Dear Frank,” agreeing to have something sent to him, “. . . You’ve done exceedingly well. Looks like a decided improvement in business, if it may be taken as an indication of business over the country . . .”

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Charles Hamilton Galleries catalog, 3 February 1972, no. 55, lot 112.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

References

  1. 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
  2. Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
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