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Add to My Citations To Elisha Bliss, Jr.
5 August 1870 • Elmira, N.Y.
(MS: CLjC, UCCL 10994)
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Friend Bliss—

Let Frank send the quarterly statement here, if it will be ready within a week.1

The physicians pronounce Mr Langdon’s case utterly hopeless. The family are shrouded in gloom, awaiting the end.

Yrs

Clemens.

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[ check mark] [ Mark Twain
Aug 5/70]

Explanatory Notes

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1 The fourth quarter (1 May–30 July 70) statement for The Innocents Abroad does not survive, but must have reported the sale of about 9,122 volumes. This was a significant falling off from the 15,500, 23,500, and 21,378 sold in the first three quarters, respectively. Elisha Bliss’s check, dated 5 August 1870, was for $2,000 (PH in CU-MARK, courtesy of Hamlin Hill; L3, 441 n. 2; 28 Jan 70 to Bliss, n. 5; 7 May 70 to Bliss, n. 2).



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MS, James S. Copley Library, La Jolla (CLjC).

glyphglyphPrevious publication:glyph L4, 180; Sotheby 1984, lot 69, excerpt.

glyphglyphProvenance:glyphThe MS was owned by John Feldman until 1990, when it was bought by CLjC.