To R. Christie
4 July 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 11608)
4 July 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 11608)
Hartford, July 4, 1882.
Dear Sir—
My first book, (now out of print,) was “The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Other Sketches.” It was sharply criticised. My next was “The Innocents Abroad.”
Truly Yours
S L Clemens
(“Mark Twain”).
R. Christie, Esq.
References
- Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Purchased from Axelrod in 1995 by an Illinois collector.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.