13 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Jacobs, UCCL 01871)
I don’t like to send such a formidable order as this to the firm—it might excite them. So I send it to you, who are always calm. I want—
Questions on Higginson’s Young Folks History of the U.
States – – – – – – – –
– – – – – 10 cts
Topics to Accompany said History – – – – – 10 cts
(Both published by Lee & Shepard.)
Also, I want a French Libretto of “Frou-Frou” as played by the bloody Sara Sara Sar Sara corrected miswriting .
I’ve accepted invitation for supper in N. Y. midnight, 20th—they said you & Howells & Aldrich would be there.
MS, Jacobs.
Sotheby’s catalog, 29 October 1996, no. 6904, lot 269, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.
The MS is tipped into a copy of SLC 1894 at one time owned by Samuel W. Emery. It was acquired in 1989 from Maurice Neville by Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs and offered for sale by Sotheby’s in 1996.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.