To Josiah H. Gilbert
25 February 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, postal card, in pencil: Axelrod, UCCL 10563)
25 February 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, postal card, in pencil: Axelrod, UCCL 10563)
Hartford, Feb. 25.
Yes, you can use extract from Babies speech, not to exceed 600 words. Your letter got mislaid, or it would have been answered sooner.
Ys Truly
S L Clemens
postal card. nothing but the address can be placed on this side.addressed in an unknown hand, possibly Gilbert’s: J. H. Gilbert. | 144 Elm St. | Albany. | N.Y. postmarked: hartfordⒶemendation conn. feb 25 84 6 30pm
Emendations and Textual Notes
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, postal card, in pencil, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.
MicroPUL, reel 2.