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Add to My CitationsTo William S. Stokley
24 June 1876 • Elmira, N.Y.
(Sales catalog: American Art Association,
16 April 1925, lot 28, UCCL 11919)
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28.em space Clemens (Samuel L.). Three Autograph Letters Signed, “Samuel L. Clemens,” “S. L. Clemens,” and “Mark.”. . .
em spaceem spaceThe third letter accepts an invitation from the Hon. W. S. Stokley to be present at Independence Hall July 1st, and is dated, Elmira, N. Y. June 24, no year.1

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1 Stokley, in the second of his three consecutive terms (1872–81) as Republican mayor of Philadelphia, was prominent in the city’s centennial celebrations, for which he was given temporary custody of the Declaration of Independence for display in Independence Hall (Mayors 2005; “Celebrations in Philadelphia,” New York Times, 2 July 76, 2; Declaration of Independence [Travels] 2005; Declaration of Independence [History] 2005).



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American Art Association catalog, 16 April 1925, lot 28.

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glyphglyphProvenance:glyphCollection of “the late William F. Gable,” offered for sale by the American Art Association in 1925.