To Matthew H. Bartlett
10–31 December 1881 • Hartford, Conn.
(Sales catalog: inscription in The Prince and the Pauper, listed in Rosenbach Company, 1933, no. 26, lot 42, UCCL 12430)
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To
Mr. M. H. Bartlett,
Avon, Conn,
with the compliments and regards of
Hartford, Dec. 1881.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Sales catalog, inscription in SLC 1881, listed in Rosenbach Company, 1933, no. 26, lot 42. The lineation and capitalization have been editorially supplied to match Clemens’s typical format for book inscriptions. The catalog indicates that the book is also “inscribed, Mark Twain, Jan. 21, 1909, inside the front cover,” suggesting that Clemens may have signed it again for Bartlett (1833–1914) nearly twenty-eight years after his first inscription.
Emendations and textual notes:
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