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To James Redpath
10 April 1874 • (2nd of 2) • Hartford, Conn.
(Paraphrase: AAA 1925, lot 24, UCCL 01076)

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Clemens (Samuel L.). Two Autograph Letters Signed, “Mark,” and both addressed to James Redpath. Together, 2 pieces.

Comprises.—(1) . . . .1 (2) 2pp. 12mo, April 10, 1874. The letter is headed “Later,”2 and relates to an article offensive to Clemens which appeared in one of the Boston papers, and of which he writes “I will try hard to make some newspaper sweat for this.”3

Explanatory Notes

Editorial Signs

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1 The ellipses are editorially supplied, in place of the first letter, 23 Feb 74 to Redpath (1st).

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2 The letter Clemens evidently wrote earlier on 10 April has not been found.

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3 A version of the offensive article had appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript on 5 March, the earliest identified printing: “Some Hartford men tendered Mark Twain a welcome supper, and the bill, amounting to $208, was sent to him. He paid it, with the remark that he’d rigidly adhere to his own table hereafter” (“New England News,” 2).

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

Paraphrase and transcript, AAA 1925, lot 24. See 23 Feb 74 to Redpath (1st) for the other letter in lot 24.

glyph Previous publication: L6, 104.

glyph Provenance:When offered for sale in 1925 the MS was part of the collection of William F. Gable.