From Samuel L. Clemens
and Charles Dudley Warner
to Ainsworth R. Spofford
21 April 1873 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS: DLC, UCCL 00904)
Hartford, Apl. 21
1873.
Dr Sir:
Enclosed please find title-page, which please enter in our names, as per to-day’s letter, enclosing fees, &c.2
Ys Truly
Saml. L. Clemens
Chas. D. Warner.
Explanatory Notes | Textual Commentary
library of congress,
copyright office, washington.
no
4299
d.
to wit: be it remembered,
that on the
23d
day of
April
anno domini 187 3
Samuel L. Clemens
of
Hartford Conn.
ha
s
deposited in this office the title of a
Book
the title or description of
which is in the following words, to wit: The Gilded Age. A Tale of To-day By Mark Twain (Sam’ℓ L Clemens.) and Chas. Dudley
Warner. Hartford: 1873.
the right whereof
he
claim
s
as
Authors & Proprietors
in conformity with the laws of the united
states respecting copyrights.
A R Spofford
librarian of congress.
Source text(s):Previous publication:
L5, 350–351.
Provenance:The Papers of Ainsworth Rand Spofford were donated to DLC between 1923 and 1982 by Barbara Spofford Morgan.
Emendations and textual notes:
Spofford • Spoffrord
