Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass ([MH-H])

Cue: "Ask Howells if he objects to the above form—if he"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To James R. Osgood
9 or 10 March 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 08970)

It is rumored that Mes[s]rs. J. R. Osgood & Co contemplate the issue of a Cyclopedia of Humor, with Mark Twain or W. D. Howells (& possibly both,)Ⓐemendation to do the compiling & editing.

My Dear O—Ask G Howells if he objects to the above form—if he doesn’t, fire away.

Yrs
S L C
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Rogers Memorial Room, MH-H (shelf mark bMS Thr 470, 11).

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

The Henry M. Rogers and Kathleen Rogers Collection was donated to MH in 1930.

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

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ or W. D. Howells (& possibly both,) ● written in blue ink, like the rest of the letter, but canceled in black pencil and purple ink, presumably by someone other than Clemens
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