To
John C. Kinney
December 1875? • Newport, R.I.
(Sales catalog: Christie’s, 9 June 2004, no. 505,
lot 52, CU-MARK, UCCL 12878)
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My Dear Kinney:
[Upon receipt] of this note the American Publishing Co will furnish to you a cloth copy of Innocents, Roughing It & Sketches, charging the same to my account, & will send the books to you or to such address as you may name.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Sales catalog, Christie’s, 9 June 2004, no. 505, lot 52. The letter is bound into volume 1 of set 38 of SLC 1899–1907. The volume is inscribed to an unidentified recipient “on
the justification leaf”: “Truly Yours / Mark Twain / Oct 23/03.”
Previous publication:Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
Provenance:Described as the “property of a gentleman,” the 25-volume set with the letter bound in was offered for sale by Christie’s in 2004.
Emendations and textual notes:
[¶] Upon receipt • [no ¶] Upon receipt
[¶] Merry • [no ¶] Merry
