To
John H. Gourlie, Jr.
7 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 10500)
7 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 10500)
morning express $10 per annum. office of the express printing company
evening express $8 per annum. no. 14 east swan street.
weekly express $1.50 per annum.
evening express $8 per annum. no. 14 east swan street.
weekly express $1.50 per annum.
buffalo,
Sept. 7
186
9.
With pleasure
Yrs Truly
Samℓ. L. Clemens
“Mark Twain”
“Mark Twain”
Jno. H. Gourlie, Esq.1explanatory note
Explanatory Notes
1
It was probably John Hamilton Gourlie, Jr. (1853–1904), who had requested Clemens’s autograph. Gourlie, named after an uncle who was a founder of the Century Club of New York, later wrote General Average (1881), about the laws and customs of the United States and other countries, and by the end of his life was “a recognized authority on insurance matters”(“John H. Gourlie Dead,”New York Times, 21 Feb 1904, 7).
MS, Mark Twain Memorial, Hartford, Conn. (CtHMTH).
L3 , 341; McBride, 365.
acquired by CtHMTH in 1978.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.