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Samuel L. Clemens [Mark Twain] Signed Letter ALS

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Samuel L. Clemens [Mark Twain] Signed Letter ALS
<B>Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>S. L. Clemens,</B></I>” one page, 5” x 8.5”. Elmira, September 20, 1884. Unnamed recipient. In full, “<I>The album has gone to Hartford, I judge, where I have not been for 4 months, but where I shall doubtless be, a week or ten days hence.</B></I>” In 1870, Samuel L. Clemens married Olivia Langdon of Elmira, New York, and spent about 20 summers there, working on such classics as <I>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</B></I> (1876), <I>The Prince and the Pauper</B></I> (1882), <I>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</B></I> (1884), and <I>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</B></I> (1889). When this letter was written, Clemens was preparing to return to his Hartford, Connecticut, home after spending his summer in Elmira. He had already finished writing <I>Huckleberry Finn</B></I> which was published two months after this letter was written. Pencil notation in unknown hand at upper left. Mounting remnants on verso. Fine condition. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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