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Source: New Haven Evening Register, 22 March 1882, 4 | History In Ink Historical Autographs, 22 March 1882, 4 ([])

Cue: "Your two handsome volumes"

Source format: "Transcript | Sales catalog"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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To H. P. Hubbard
20 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (New Haven Evening Register, 22 March 1882, UCCL 13249)
Dear Sir:Ⓐemendation

YourⒶemendation two handsome volumes arrived safely. I found them intensely interesting, &Ⓐemendation read them both through at a single sitting, occupying twenty-three hours. I suppose nobody can say anything handsomer than that about anybody’s book.

Yours Truly,Ⓐemendation
S. L. Clemens.Ⓐemendation
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

“Mark Twain Reads Hubbard’s,” New Haven Evening Register, 22 March 1882, 4.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Hartford, Mar. 20/82. ● Hartford, Conn., March 20, 1882.
Ⓐ Dear Sir: ● Dear sir:—
Ⓐ [¶]Your ● no ¶
Ⓐ & ● and
Ⓐ Yours Truly, ● Yours, Truly
Ⓐ S. L. Clemens. ● S. L. Clemens.

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
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