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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "Always acknowledge a"

Source format: "MS facsimile"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

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Revision History: MBF

Published on MTPO: 2022

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July 1877 • Unknown place (MS facsimile: Bruno 1916, UCCL 09284)

Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard & give you opportunity to commitⒶemendation more.1explanatory note

Ys Truly
Samℓ. L. Clemens
Mark Twain

July ’77.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS facsimile, Guido Bruno, Bruno’s Weekly (22 January 1916), 2:1.

Previous Publication:

MicroML, reel 4; Nate D. Sanders online catalog, accessed April 2012, lot 18, MS facsimile.

Provenance:

The MS was In the Patrick F. Madigan collection in 1916, and offered for sale in 2012 by Nate D. Sanderss, of Los Angeles, California.

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

Explanatory Notes
1 Clemens almost certainly used this autograph sentiment more than once: it later became known as one of his maxims, published in More Maxims of Mark (SLC 1927, 5).
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