Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn ([CtHMTH])

Cue: "This notebook is conveyed to friend Gerhardt"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2004-10-04T00:00:00

Revision History: Larson, Brian | BL 2004-10-04 was InFw2; Sotheby's sale

Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Karl Gerhardt
27 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, inscription in a blank notebook: CtHMTH, UCCL 12674)

This note-book is conveyed to friend Gerhardt by the hand of its inventor, the same being

S. L. Clemens

Hartford Feb. 27, 1881.

Mem.—When you have filled a page, tear off the projecting corner—then you can always find your place instantly. This economizesⒶemendation time & temper.

S. L. C.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, CtHMTH.

Previous Publication:

Sotheby’s catalog, 19 June 2003, lot 44.

Provenance:

Purchased at the Sotheby’s sale of 19 June 2003 from the collection of Nick Karanovich.

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

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ economizes ● econ | economizes rewritten for clarity
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