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Source: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa ([PBL])

Cue: "Leaving a blank above for any remarks which may"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

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Published on MTPO: 2022

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August 1877 • Unknown place (MS: PBL, UCCL 09283)

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Leaving a blank above for any remarks which may occur to me, I sign them meanwhile

Ys Truly
Samℓ. L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Aug. 77.1explanatory note
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Honeyman Collection, PBL.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Provenance:

Deposited at PBL on 8 March 1957.

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

Explanatory Notes
1 Clemens doubtless wrote this note in the presence of an autograph seeker. Apparently no further remarks occurred to him and it was accepted as it stands. Neither the recipient nor the occasion has been identified.
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