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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "This is a mild satire of my brother's on the"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2025-09-17T08:31:51

Revision History: Tehrani, Michelle | RHH 2025-09-17

Published on MTPO: 2009

Print Publication: v4

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To Elisha Bliss, Jr.
16 November 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12766)
Buf. 16thⒶemendation
Friend Bliss—

This is a mild satire of my brother’s on the “Sleeping Beauty” who is making such a stir in St Louis.

Come, let’s hear from you.

Our baby flourishes gallantly. How is Frank’s

Yrs
Clemens.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine, CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Provenance:

See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  Buf. 16th ●  1870 | Buf. 16th
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