To David Watt Bowser
16 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, correspondence card: TxU-Hu, UCCL 02087)

Hartford Nov. 16/81.

slcDear Master Wattie—

Many thanks for the photograph & the pretty pictures. In return, I am going to send you a copy of my new book when it issues in December.

Truly Yours

S L Clemens

Master Wattie Bowser | Care Messrs. Bowser & Lemon | Dallas | [Texas]

[return address:] return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days.

[postmarked:] hartford conn. nov 17 5pm

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Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, correspondence card, TxU-Hu.

Previous publication:

Covici 1960, 112; MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

As of 1960, the letters to Bowser were “in the possession of Bowser’s niece, Mrs. E. C. Stradley” and destined “for eventual deposit in the manuscript archives” at TxU (Covici 1960, 105).

Emendations and textual notes:

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