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Source: Collection of Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs. Dispersed by sale in 1996. But ODa2 is still primary source ([ODa2])

Cue: "I don't like"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To James R. Osgood
13 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Jacobs, UCCL 01871)
My Dear Osgood—

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 .

Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens

I’ve accepted invitation for supper in N. Y. midnight, 20th—they said you & Howells & Aldrich would be there.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Jacobs.

Previous Publication:

Sotheby’s catalog, 29 October 1996, no. 6904, lot 269, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.

Provenance:

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.

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