To
Elisha Bliss, Jr.
13 December 1870 • New York, N.Y. (Paraphrase: Bromer, item 10, UCCL 11732)
13 December 1870 • New York, N.Y. (Paraphrase: Bromer, item 10, UCCL 11732)
10. CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. Four page ALs, signed “Clemens” with the postscript signed “Mark” to “Friend Bliss” (his Hartford publisher Elisha Bliss), Dec. 13, 1870. The letter discusses a scheme of Clemens’ to write about the diamond rush in South Africa.1explanatory note
Explanatory Notes
1
It also summoned Bliss to New York City for further discussion. He arrived by the morning of 14 December (“Morning Arrivals,” New York Evening Express, 14 Dec 70, 3). Although John Henry Riley also met with Clemens around this time, he and Bliss may not have become acquainted (20 Dec 70 to Blissclick to open link).
References
- Bromer. Selections from Our Stock to Be Featured . . . February 14, 15, 16, 1992 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton. Boston: Bromer Booksellers. 1992
- 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). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 4: 1870–1871. Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1995
Paraphrase, Bromer, item 10.
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