To Ainsworth R. Spofford
3 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: DLC, UCCL 13099)
3 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: DLC, UCCL 13099)
Hartford, June 3/82.
A. R. Spofford, Esq
Dear Sir:
Will you be so kind as to order an examination & inform me if my copyright is perfect on the following books?
“The Jumping Frog & Other Sketches”—(copyrighted
1. “The Innocents Abroad.”
✔Ⓐemendation 2. “Roughing It.”
✔Ⓐemendation 3. “The Gilded Age.”
✔Ⓐemendation 4. “Sketches, Old & New.”
✔Ⓐemendation 5. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
✔Ⓐemendation 6. “A Tramp Abroad.”
✔Ⓐemendation 7. “The Prince & the Pauper,”
and
✔Ⓐemendation 8. “Punch, Brothers, Punch”—(copyrighted by Slote, Woodman & Co., I believe.)
I do not know what the charge is; so I m shall have to claim your indulgence & ask you to send bill to me.
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens.
Emendations and Textual Notes
MS, DLC, Ainsworth R. Spofford Papers.
The Papers of Ainsworth Rand Spofford were donated to DLC between 1923 and 1982 by Barbara Spofford Morgan.