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Source: Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History ([Axelrod])

Cue: "The expression of"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Paradise, Kate

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
19 February 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 02160)
Hartford, Feb. 19.
Dear Sir:

The expression of the reverence & admiration which I feel for our great poet could not be compressed into the narrow limits of a toast or a “sentiment;” so I will not make the attempt.

Ys Truly
Mark Twain
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.

Previous Publication:

Paul C. Richards Autographs catalog, 1977, no. 75, lot 72; George S. MacManus catalog, [1978?], no. 241, lot 41; MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

Before Axelrod acquired the MS, it was offered for sale successively by Paul C. Richards, George S. MacManus, and, in 1978, Maurice Neville.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

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