To James R. Osgood
27 September 1882 • Elmira, N.Y.
(Sales catalog: letter in pencil, listed in C. F. Libbie and Co., 15–16 February 1910, lot 562, UCCL 09749)

Elmira, [Wednesday.]

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Am mailing you another chapter or two.

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Book nearly done, now. Is mainly in the hands of the copyist. Will send you the seven (reprint) chapters, revised and corrected presently—the ones first illustrated by the artist. Also, title-page, etc. (“Life on the Mississippi”), so that you can hurry up your canvassing specimen.

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Source text(s):

Sales catalog, letter in pencil, listed in C. F. Libbie and Co., 15–16 February 1910, lot 562.

Previous publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Emendations and textual notes:

Wednesday. • Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1882).