To “Jack”
23 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NIC, UCCL 02225)
23 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NIC, UCCL 02225)
Hartford June 23/82.
Dear Jack—
The twins arrived safe & very lively, & were at once delivered to Susie & Clara, who are vastly delighted with them & eloquent with thanks to you for sending them. Both of the creatures have just now been baptised, & duly outfitted with designations suited to their dignity & general dimensions: Clara has named her turtle Alexander Hamilton; Susie names hers the Duchess of Marlborough. If the twins survive these names I reckon they will pull through all right. Susie & Clara send you their warmest thanks & regards.
Sincerely Yours
S L Clemens
MS, Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, part of the Gail and Stephen Rudin Literary Autograph Collection, no. 4690, Box 1, folder 34.
Anderson Galleries, 31 March–2 April 1919, no. 1414, lot 177, partial publication; Charles S. Boesen, [1947], lot 75, partial publication, the MS tipped into a copy of SLC 1883; MicroPUL, reel 2.
Gail and Stephen Rudin are the only owners we have been able to identify, and they have turned their collection over to the Cornell University Library, as above.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.