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4 April 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Karanovich, UCCL 09203)
(SUPERSEDED)
4 April 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Karanovich, UCCL 09203)
(SUPERSEDED)
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Hartford, Apl. 4.
Dear Sir:
I am sorry, but I do not know the date of Webb’s birth, nor can I at this moment call to mind any friend of his who would be likely to know.1explanatory note
Resp’ly Yrs
Samℓ. L. Clemens
Explanatory Notes
1
Charles Henry Webb, humorist and publisher of Clemens’s first book, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, And other Sketches ( SLC 1867), was born 24 January 1834. Clemens long harbored bad feelings toward Webb over his management of the book (see L6 , 443 n. 1).
MicroPUL, reel 1.