7 November 1879 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 01711)
Please examine this & if it is not in good & clear form please re-word it. I want the Pub. Co to be strictly bound in ever by my contract with Frank Bliss.
enclosure, in the hand of Francis E. Bliss:
Hartford Nov. 1. 1879
I hereby agree to the transfer by F. E. Bliss, of the contract for a book now existing between him & myself, to the American Publishing Co., in case he makes satisfactory arrangements with sd Co. for such transfer, provided sd Co. agree with him not to publish any other new book within 9 months from the time of the publication of my book
A copy of the Tramp Abroad contract, signed by SLC and Francis E. Bliss, is preserved with the letter
MS, CU-MARK.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.