To Unidentified
2 January 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: G. A. Baker and Co. Gallery, 13 October 1942, no. 92, lot 292, UCCL 10347)
2 January 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (Sales catalog: G. A. Baker and Co. Gallery, 13 October 1942, no. 92, lot 292, UCCL 10347)
Yours truly,
S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Hartford, Jan 2, 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
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, G. A. Baker and Co. Gallery, 13 October 1942, no. 92, lot 292. The letter was inscribed on a “leaf . . . tipped in at the front of” a copy of SLC 1881. The date of the letter suggests that it may have been written to accompany a gift of the book. The lineation is editorially supplied.
MicroPUL, reel 2.