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From Samuel L. and Olivia L. Clemens
to William E. Hay
per Fanny C. Hesse
1 January 1877 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer :
PSt, UCCL 09286)

A Merry Christmas from Mr & Mrs Clemens

to

William E. HayJanuary 1, 1877.1explanatory note

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, PSt. The letter is inscribed in a copy of SLC 1876.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Provenance:

Previously owned by Vincent Starrett.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Explanatory Notes
1 Hay, a Hartford hairdresser, evidently was the brother of Rosina Hay (1852?–1926), the Clemenses' German nursemaid (SLC and OLC to Brown, 4 Sept 1874, L6, 226 n. 8).
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