Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “SLC,” one page, 5.5 x 8.75, August 25, 1888. Letter to his business agent Franklin Whitmore, referred to in the greeting as “Brer.” In full: “Good; I am particularly glad the stock is back in Brer Robinson's hands, for it is noble good stuff, & he got it for me originally. Proceed as you have proposed, with the rest. I've got 16 working days left yet, before I go West (if I go); & in that time I will add another 120,000 words to my book if I have luck. I shall be home the 23rd or 24th of September & have the book done the end of October. I shall publish it a year later.” Tape repairs on reverse to splitting along folds (bottom third of the letter appears to have been once completely detached), and a hint of mild soiling, otherwise fine condition.
“Brer” was the nickname—a euphemism for ‘brother’— of Franklin G. Whitmore, who was Clemens' business agent and helped manage the famed writer's real estate and other business transactions. The book mentioned in the letter is likely A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, completed and published in 1889, just as Clemens had planned. The ‘Brer’ moniker was a name bestowed on many of the folks Clemens held in close company, judging from his mention here to “Brer Robinson”—Hartford, Connecticut Mayor Henry Robinson. An always desirable example of the humorist’s writing with a possible reference to his ‘medieval’ classic.
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