2 July 1871 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 00630)
My MSS? Shall bring it there myself before long. Say 2 to 4 weeks hence. Am just finishing Chapter 56.1explanatory note Have already nearly MS enough, but am still Ⓐemendation st writing—intend to cut & cull liberally.2explanatory note
Orion Clemens Esq | 149 Asylum st | Hartford | Conn. Ⓐemendation postmarked: elmira n.y. jul 5
Chapter 59 in the published book. If Clemens was still writing in sequence, he had completed four chapters in three days (29 June 71 to OC, n. 3click to open letter; RI 1993 , 860).
Clemens was in fact only about three-fourths done, lacking about 450 of the 1800 pages he estimated were necessary to complete the book ( RI 1993 , 860).
MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).
L4 , 427; MTLP , 67–68.
see Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenance.