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Source: Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn ([CtHMTH])

Cue: "To Mr. Bartlett, who has robbed"

Source format: "MS, inscription"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

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To Matthew H. Bartlett
October 1877 • 1st of 3 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in The Innocents Abroad: CtHMTH, UCCL 09280)

To Mr. Bartlett, who has robbed the historical
command “Away with him to the
Tower!” of all its terrors—this,

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, inscription in an 1876 imprint of SLC 1869, CtHMTH.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Explanatory Notes
1 In 1867 Matthew Henry Bartlett (1833–1914) and his nephew, Charles A. Kellogg, built Bartlett tower on Talcott Mountain, which became a favorite destination for Clemens and Twichell on their walks. Bartlett was a former owner and publisher of the Hartford Republican, a weekly newspaper, later remembered by the Courant as “the only free soil paper in this vicinity” (“Bartlett Tower Builder Is Dead,” Hartford Courant, 15 Dec 1914, 4).
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