To Harry Spreight
8 July 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS facsimile: Sophie Dupre catalog, no. 58, lot 397, UCCL 13171)
8 July 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS facsimile: Sophie Dupre catalog, no. 58, lot 397, UCCL 13171)
Hartford, July 8/84.
Dear Sir
No, it was at the Plow inn, Ottenhöfen. She was a girl of about 18, the landlord's daughter. There was nothing German about her form or features or carriage; these were American decidedly—but she was German, born & bread. After several months of uninterrupted German uncomeliness, she was to me superhumanly beautiful.
Yrs Truly,
S. L. Clemens
MS facsimile, Sophie Dupre catalog, no. 58, lot 397.