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Source: Swann Auction Galleries Inc., 104 East 25th Street, New York, N.Y., | Inlibris, Ratgaysstrasse 19, 1010 Vienna, Austria, ([])

Cue: "In answer to yours of the 5th I have to reply that my correspondence is not voluminous enough to make"

Source format: "Sales catalog | MS facsimile"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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To Mary H. Beale
8 September 1879 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS facsimile: Inlibris sales catalog, stock code BN#63091, accessed 17 April 2024, UCCL 10601)
c. j. langdon j. d. f. slee, w. l. kingman, w.d. kelly,
president. vice president. treasurer. secretary.
the mc intyre coal company
presidents office
elmira, n.y. Sept. 8 187 9
Miss Mary H. Beale

In answer to yours of the 5th, I have to reply that my correspondence is not voluminous enough to make a short-handⒶemendation amanuensis necessary, & in my other work I am obliged to use the pen myself.

Yrs truly
S. L. Clemens
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Source text(s):

MS facsimile, Inlibris sales catalog, stock code BN#63091, accessed 17 April 2024.

Previous Publication:

Swann Galleries catalog, 3 November 1983, no. 1313, lot 214, tipped into volume 1 of SLC 1929; James Cummins catalog, 1984, no. 13, lot 54, partial publication; MicroPUL , reel 1.

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Ⓐ  short-hand ●  short- | hand
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