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1–28 February 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (City Book Auction 1949, lot 12, UCCL 09892)
1–28 February 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (City Book Auction 1949, lot 12, UCCL 09892)
Yours Truly
Saml. L. Clemens,
Mark Twain.
Feb. ’75.
Jo’s was a good story. S. L. C.1explanatory note
Explanatory Notes
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The allusion to Twichell (“Jo’s . . . story”) suggests that this note—written on a 4.5 × 5 inch sheet of paper and clearly intended for an autograph collection—may have been written to Joseph O’Hagan (but see the previous letter, n. 6). Twichell’s story has not been recovered.
City Book Auction 1949, lot 12, which describes the letter as written “all in Clemens’s hand on paper measuring 4½ by 5 inches.” The catalog text has no line breaks; the present format has therefore been editorially supplied in accordance with Clemens’s usual practice.
L6 , 368.