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Source: eBay, 2002.11.06, 1573440947 ([])

Cue: "This book is given to Miss Jane Findlay Shunk,"

Source format: "MS facsimile, inscription"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: RHH

Published on MTPO: 2009

Print Publication: v5

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To Jane Findlay Shunk
21 January 1872 • Harrisburg, Pa. (MS facsimile, inscription in The Innocents Abroad:
www.ebay.com, item 1573440947, UCCL 12657)

This book is given to
Miss Jane Findlay Shunk,
with the kindest regards of
Mark Twain.
Harrisburgh, Jan. 21/72.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS facsimile of inscription in SLC 1869, www.ebay.com, item 1573440947.

Previous Publication:

Butterfields, 14 November 2005, no. 7368Z, lot 3106. Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Provenance:

Offered for sale by Sotheby’s, London, 12–13 July 1966, lot 526.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

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. SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrims’ Progress. Hartford: American Publishing Company. 1869
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