To
Unidentified
20 November 1871 • Hartford, Conn.
(Paraphrase and transcript: Anderson
Auction Company 1914, lot 101, UCCL 09850)
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. . . . .
[paraphrase: on his traveling] from place to place lecturing, so have no time to write articles . . . Hartford is now my home
. . . . .
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Paraphrase and transcript, Anderson Auction Company 1914, lot 101. The catalog describes the MS
as ‘CLEMENS (S. L.—“Mark Twain”). A.
L. S., 8vo, Hartford, Nov. 20, 1871, on a full letter-sheet with his
monogram.’ The quotation marks around Clemens’s pseudonym
reflect catalog style and do not indicate how he signed his letter. He and
Olivia were both using only her monogramed stationery at this time (see OLC to Howland, 20 Nov
71, and SLC
to OLC, 27 Nov 71).
Previous publication:
L4, 495.
Emendations and textual notes:
Hartford, Nov. 20. • [reported, not quoted]
