Book Revisions and Ephemera by Mark Twain

Provenance: A copy of Adam's Diary resides within ASU's Special Collections Department under Local Call Number: SPEC E-2641. Title Extracts from Adam's diary, translated from the original ms., by Mark Twain [pseud.] illustrated by F. Strothmann. Publisher New York, London, Harper & Brothers, 1904. The items in this collection may have been purchased or donated along with that volume.

Paper Details: Envelope is stained and worn.
Letterhead on Frederick Anderson letter from University of California, Berkeley.

Postage Details: Addressed in Twain's hand to:
Editor Harper's Monthly
Franklin Square
New York
U.S.A.
Envelope is postmarked:
On recto:
1)REC'D Literary Dep't AUG 26 1895.
2) (Postmark worn) COLUMBIA
On verso:
3)P.O.N.Y. 8-2<?5>.95 (Postmark smudged)

Transcription Details: Writing on envelope reads:
J.27/04. On finding that we had set
Adam's Diary for book-<?form>I brought
this out. I was loaned {?word}
that Mr. Clemens had sent a color
copy {word} {word} {word} {word}.

Different handwriting reads:
Editor Harper's Monthly
Franklin Square
New York
U.S.A.

Different handwriting reads:
From S.L. Clemens

Publication Details: This edition of Adam's Diary was published in 1904 by Harper & Brothers.