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Source: Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History ([Axelrod])

Cue: "My first book, (now out)"

Source format: "MS facsimile"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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Revision History: Larson, Brian

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To R. Christie
4 July 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 11608)
Hartford, July 4, 1882.
Dear Sir—

My first book, (now out of print,) was “The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Other Sketches.” It was sharply criticised. My next was “The Innocents Abroad.”

Truly Yours
S L Clemens
(“Mark Twain”).

R. Christie, Esq.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

Purchased from Axelrod in 1995 by an Illinois collector.

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