To James R. Osgood and Co.
2 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS facsimile: Aguttes Online auction catalog, sale of 3 April 2019, lot 728, CU-MARK, UCCL 12731)
2 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS facsimile: Aguttes Online auction catalog, sale of 3 April 2019, lot 728, CU-MARK, UCCL 12731)
Nov. 2/81.
Dear Sirs:
When I was asking you for Voltaire’s "Age of Louis XIV" (which I want in English,) I forgot to say I also wanted the Memoirs of St Simon (in English.)
Ys truly,
S L Clemens
letter is stamped:james r. osgood & co. boston. nov 3 1881and docketed in red ink: [“Mark Twain”]
References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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
MS facsimile, Aguttes auction catalog, sale of 3 April 2019, lot 728.
Albert Bigelow Paine saw this letter and had it transcribed; typescript in CU-MARK.
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