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Source: Collection of Kevin Mac Donnell ([TxAu3])

Cue: "Put <i>no<i/> space on <i>either<i/> side of a dash"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2012-09-07T14:12:10

Revision History: vf 2010-02-02 | vf 2010-02-02 | vf 2010-02-03 | vf 2010-02-03 | vf 2012-09-07

Published on MTPO: 2023

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To Henry (Harry) M. Clarke
1–19? July 1883 • 1st of 2 (MS facsimile, in pencil: MacDonnell, UCCL 13225)
Dear Mr. Clarke

Put no space on either side of a dash: ⟦1860–1861.⟧

 or hyphen: ⟦cross-hall⟧


Always put a good honest unequivocal space after a period. Never jam it thus: ⟦1860.1861.⟧ Put it thus:

1860. 1861.

Underscore for italics with a pencil or pen. The machine’s underscoring is execrable.

The rest of the work is perfect.

S. L. C.

When you err & put an insufficient space after a period, correct it with a pencil or pen, thus: 1860.1861. 1860. □ 1861.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS facsimile, in pencil, MacDonnell.

Provenance:

The MS was acquired by Kevin MacDonnell in 2010; it was formerly in the collection of Sue Monaghan, grandniece of Henry Maxon Clarke (1859–1917) and Ella May Leavitt Clarke (1865–1945).

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

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