To Olivia Susan (Susy) Clemens
25 May 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in Browning 1872: CCamarSJ, UCCL 09121)
25 May 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in Browning 1872: CCamarSJ, UCCL 09121)
inscribed in vol. 1:
To Susie Clemens,
These volumes, (in place of a promised mud turtle,) are presented, with the love of
Papa.
May 25, 1882.
N.B. The turtle was to have been brought from New Orleans, but I gave up the idea because it seemed cruel.
S. L. C.
inscribed in vol. 2:
To Susie Clemens
from
Papa.
MS, inscription in Browning 1872, CCamarSJ.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Purchased by Estelle Doheny from Maxwell Hunley Rare Books in 1951; offered for sale as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection by Christie’s, 1-2 February 1988, lot 452.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.