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Concerning Twain's revisions for "Extracts from Adam's Diary" for use in the Harper edition of his books and a letter of authenticity.
Date Created
1895
Contributors
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Author)
- Anderson, Frederick (Author)
- Connelly, Mollie (Transcriber)
Topical Subject
Extent
9 book leaves, type on recto and verso; 1 envelope, 1 leaf of typed text.
Language
Copyright Statement
No Known Copyright
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_1
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_2
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_3
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_4
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_5
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_6
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_7
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_8
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_9
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MSS_363_CLS_1895_1_10
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Series
19th Century Manuscripts||20th Century Manuscripts||American Correspondence
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.26035
Note
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.
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- 2014-10-10 03:33:00
System Modified
- 2021-05-28 03:39:44
- 11 months 4 weeks ago
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