To
Frank Fuller
20 March 1874 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12794)
20 March 1874 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12794)
Why shouldn’t you & I buy that Granger man’s book & publish it through the American Publishing Co. here? That is to say, (if it will make 500 or 600 pp. 8vo,) give him $2,000 or $3,000 for his book, or else give him 5 or 6 per cent royalty & then we charge the Pub. Co. 8 or 10 per cent royalty. We could sell between 50,000 & 100,000 copies at $3.50Ⓐemendation apiece.
We send warm regards to yourself & Mrs. Fuller. Mrs. Clemens has been ill for a week, but is about the room again.
YsⒶemendation Ever
Mark.
Emendations and Textual Notes
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slc/mt farmington avenue, hartford. ●
Farmington Avenue, | Hartford. Clemens’s printed
letterhead and monogram adopted from 20 March 1874 to WIlliam Dean Howells
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$3.50 ●
$3,50
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Ys ●
Yr
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
Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine, CU-MARK.
Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
The MS was seen and transcribed by Albert Bigelow Paine (see Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenanceclick to open link).