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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)
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

References

  1. University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
  2. 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
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