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Source: Collection of Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs. Dispersed by sale in 1996. But ODa2 is still primary source. | University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley ([ODa2 CU-MARK])

Cue: "With the great & sincere respect & esteem of The Author"

Source format: "MS | MS"

Letter type: "inscription"

Notes:

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Revision History: Paradise, Kate | RHH 2025-02-05

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To George W. Curtis
25 January 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in The Prince and the Pauper: Jacobs, UCCL 09530)

To

Mr. George William Curtis

With the great & sincere respect & esteem of

The Author

Hartford Jan. 25/82.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, inscription in SLC 1881, collection of Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs.

Previous Publication:

The Month at Goodspeed’s, 19 (October 1947): 7, MS facsimile; Swann Galleries catalog, 21 November 1974, no. 969, lot 707; Sotheby’s catalog, 29 October 1996, no. 6904, lot 225; MicroPUL, reel 2.

Provenance:

Sold at Sotheby’s in 1996 from the collection of Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs.

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

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