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Add to My CitationsTo Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4 June 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01438)
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June 4, 1877.

Dear & Honored Sir:

I beg your pardon in advance, if I am offending, but it seems a pity that this Swiss mission should go to anybody but Mr. Howells, who is so well fitted for it, & whose candidacy has but one flaw, the high respectability of his relationships.

I cannot help thinking that if you & Mr. Lowell, Mr. Whittier, & Mr. Holmes would sign a joint note to the President suggesting the appointment of Mr. Howells, he would be much more than likely to consent.

I hope you will pardon me for intruding this, Mr. Longfellow, since I could not think of any of any other plan that promised so well. With great respect

I am Truly Yours

Samℓ. L. Clemens.
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MS, Cyril Clemens Collection, CtHMTH.

glyphglyphPrevious publication:glyphBennett Book Studios catalog, January 1941, no. 17, item 257, partial publication; Vanderbilt 1972, MS facsimile.

glyphglyphProvenance:glyphDonated in 1984 by Cyril Clemens.