To Stephen C. Massett
31 January 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: ViU, UCCL 01900)
31 January 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: ViU, UCCL 01900)
Jan. 31, 1881.
slcMy Dear Massett—
Glad to hear from you—shall be glad to see you, too. Come up—the latch string hangs outside the door—& drop me a line to say what day & train you select. I’ll try to meet you at the train; but if I am pretvented, just take a hack & name my nom de plume & they’ll fetch you to
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens
MS, Clifton Waller Barrett Library, Alderman Library, ViU.
Bennett Book Studios catalog, no. 25, 1955, lot 29.
The MS was offered for sale in 1949 by Emily Driscoll and in 1955 by Bennett Book Studios.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.