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Volume 3 Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3

1869
  • Mark Twain
  • Edited by: Victor Fischer , Michael Barry Frank and Dahlia Armon
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Mark Twain’s Letters
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1992
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"Don't scold me, Livy—let me pay my due homage to your worth; let me honor you above all women; let me love you with a love that knows no doubt, no question—for you are my world, my life, my pride, my all of earth that is worth the having." These are the words of Samuel Clemens in love. Playful and reverential, jubilant and despondent, they are filled with tributes to his fiancée Olivia Langdon and with promises faithfully kept during a thirty-four-year marriage.

The 188 superbly edited letters gathered here show Samuel Clemens having few idle moments in 1869. When he was not relentlessly "banged about from town to town" on the lecture circuit or busily revising The Innocents Abroad, the book that would make his reputation, he was writing impassioned letters to Olivia. These letters, the longest he ever wrote, make up the bulk of his correspondence for the year and are filled with his acute wit and dazzling language. This latest volume of Mark Twain's Letters captures Clemens on the verge of becoming the celebrity and family man he craved to be.

This volume has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and by a major donation to the Friends of The Bancroft Library from the Pareto Fund.

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Twain Mark :

Victor Fischer and Michael B. Frank are editors and Dahlia Armon is a former editor with the Mark Twain Project at The Bancroft Library.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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    Editorial Signs

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  • LETTERS: 1869
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    To Joseph H. Twichell 1 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: Davis)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 2 January 1869 • Fort Wayne, Ind. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 7 January 1869 • Rockford, 111

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 7 January 1869 • Rockford, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Francis E. Bliss 7 January 1869 • Chicago, 111. (MS: CtY-BR)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks and Others on the Board of Managers of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum 7 January 1869 • Chicago, 111. (Transcript and MS: Cleveland Herald, 12 Jan 69, and CSmH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 7 January 1869 • Chicago, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Harriet Lewis 10 January 1869 • Galesburg, 111. (MS: CtY-BR)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Charles J. Langdon 12 January 1869 • El Paso, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 12 January 1869 • El Paso, 111. (MS: CSmH)

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    To Charles J. Langdon 12 January 1869 • Ottawa, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 14 January 1869 • Davenport, Iowa (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Pamela A. Moffett 14 January 1869 • Davenport, Iowa (MS: NPV)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Charles J. Langdon 17 January 1869 • Chicago, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 19 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 20 and 21 January 1869 • Toledo, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 21 and 22 January 1869 • Norwalk, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 22 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Joseph H. Twichell and Family 23 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: Davis)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 23 and 24 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 24 January 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 26 and 27 January 1869 • Batavia, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 29 and 30 January 1869 • Galena, 111. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Francis E. Bliss 1 February 1869 • Jacksonville, 111. (MS: NN-B)

    84
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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 5 February 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS facsimile and paraphrase: Davis and CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 5 February 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

    86
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 13 February 1869 • Cleveland, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia Lewis (Mrs. Jervis) Langdon 13 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

    90
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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 13 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio (MS: CSmH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 13 and 14 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

    94
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 14 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio, (MS: PPiU)

    98
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 14 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio, (MS: PPiU)

    100
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    To Joseph H. Twichell and Family 14 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio (MS: Davis)

    101
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio (MS: CU-MARK)

    102
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 17 February 1869 • Titusville, Pa. (MS: CU-MARK)

    103
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 17 February 1869 • Titusville, Pa. (MS: CU-MARK)

    105
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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 17 February 1869 • Titusville, Pa. (MS: CSmH)

    107
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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 17 February 1869 • Franklin, Pa. (MS: CSmH)

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    To the Young Men's Association of Geneseo Academy, per Telegraph Operator 18 February 1869 • Franklin, Pa. (Paraphrase: Geneseo [N.Y.] Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69)

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    To the Young Men's Association of Geneseo Academy, per Telegraph Operator 21-22 February 1869 • (1st of3) • Elmira,N.Y. (Paraphrase: Geneseo [N. Y.] Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69)

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    To the Young Men's Association of Geneseo Academy, per Telegraph Operator 21-22 February 1869 • (2nd of3) • Elmira,N.Y. (Paraphrase: Geneseo [N.Y.] Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69)

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    To the Young Men's Association of Geneseo Academy, per Telegraph Operator 21-22 February 1869 • (2nd of3) • Elmira,N.Y. (Paraphrase: Geneseo [N.Y.] Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 26 February 1869 • Stuyvesant, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    111
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 26 February 1869 • Stuyvesant, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 27 February 1869 • Lockport, N.Y. (MS, damage emended: NPV)

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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 27 February 1869 • Lockport, N.Y. (MS, damage emended: NPV)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 28 February 1869 • Rochester, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    126
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 28 February 1869 • Rochester, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    129
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    To Olivia L. Langdon 4 March 1869 • Lockport, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To George W. Elliott 5-10 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (.Paraphrase: APC 1869a, 1)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 5 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Charles J. Langdon 6 March 1869 • (1st of 2) • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Charles J. Langdon 6 March 1869 • (2nd of2) • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Charles J. Langdon 8 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To John Russell Young 8-10 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: DLC)

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    To John Russell Young 8-10 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: DLC)

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    To Olivia L. and Charles J. Langdon 10 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 12 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 12-13 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Horatio C. King and John R. Howard 13 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: PCarlD)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 13 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, damage emended: CSmH)

    168
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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 13 March 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, damage emended: CSmH)

    171
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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 24 March 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

    176
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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 26? March 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS facsimile: Davis)

    177
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 30 March 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    178
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    To Susan L. Crane 9and31 March 1869 • Hartford,Conn., and Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    From Samuel L. Clemens and Olivia L. Langdon to Mary Mason Fairbanks 31 March and 1 April 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CSMH)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 10? April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (Transcripts: CU-MARK; Davis 1951b; Parke-Bernet 1938c, lot i7 \MTB, 1:380)

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    To Pamela A. Moffett 10? April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: Davis)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 12 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 12 April 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    192
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 15 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CtY-BR)

    194
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 15 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CtY-BR)

    195
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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 20 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

    197
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    To James Redpath 20 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (Merwin-Clayton, 14 and 15 May 1906)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 29 April 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, NN-B, andCtY-BR)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 8 May 1869 • New York, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 8 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 9 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 10 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CSmH)

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    To James Redpath 10 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcripts, MS, and MS facsimile: various sources)

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    To James Redpath 10 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcripts, MS, and MS facsimile: various sources)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 12 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 13 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To James Redpath 14 and 17 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (Swann, lot 299, and Merwin-Clayton, lot 129)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 14 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 May 1869 • (1st of 2) • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 May 1869 • (2nd of 2) • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 and 16 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 and 16 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 19 and 20 May 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon 24 May 1869 • South Windsor, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon with a note to Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon 24 May 1869 • South Windsor, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To John J. Murphy 1 June 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: MoSW)

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    To Silas S. Packard and Other Members of the New York Press Club 1 June 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS, damage emended: ViU)

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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 4 June 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: NPV)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 4 June 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 8 June 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Whitelaw Reid 15 June 1869 • New York, N.Y. (MS: DLC)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 21 June 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Samuel Bowles 22 June 1869 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript and paraphrase: Libbie, lot 372)

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    To Olivia Lewis (Mrs. Jervis) Langdon 23 June 1869 • New York, N.Y. (MS: NPV)

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    To Pamela A. Moffett 23 June 1869 • New York, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 23 June 1869 • New York, N. Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Orion Clemens To Jane Lampton Clemens and Pamela A. Moffett 26 June 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Whitelaw Reid 26 June 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: DLC)

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    To Orion Clemens 3? July 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. {Paraphrase: OC to MEC, 7 July 69, CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 5 July 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

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    To James Redpath 9 July 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (Transcripts: CU-MARK. and Merwin-Clayton, lot 125)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 12 July 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS facsimile: Sears)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 22 July 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (MS, damage emended, and transcript: Cooper and CtY-BR)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 1 August 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (Transcript: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 8 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 12 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 14 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: NBuHi)

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    To James Redpath 14 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Merwin-Clayton, lot 127)

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    To Mary Mason and Abel W. Fairbanks 14 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CSmH)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 15 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcripts: WU; Chicago 1936, lot 124; and CU-MARK)

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    To Whitelaw Reid 15 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: DLC)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 19 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Henry Abbey 21 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: Axelrod)

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    To Henry M. Crane 21 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: ViU)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 21 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Charles Warren Stoddard 25 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcript and paraphrase: Freeman 1936, lot 68)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 25 and 26 August 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To A. Miner Griswold (Fat Contributor) 1 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y.

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 1 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 2 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Stephen C. Massett (Jeems Pipes) 2 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 3 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Henry M. Crane 3 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 3 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 6 and 7 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    ToElisha Bliss, Jr. 7 September 1869 • (1st of 2) • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: TxEU)

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    To Elisha Bliss, Jr. 7 September 1869 • (2nd of 2) • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To John H. Gourlie, Jr. 7 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 8 and 9 September 1869 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Unidentified 7 October 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To the California Pioneers 11 October 1869 • Elmira,N.Y. (New York Tribune, 14 Oct 69)

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    To Emily A. Severance 27 October 1869 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: OClWhi)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 30, 31 October, and 1 November 1869 • Pittsburgh, Pa. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Pamela A. Moffett 9 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MTL, 1:167-9, and Paine, 946)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 10 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 10 and 11 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 and 16 November 1869 • Clinton and Holyoke, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Mary Mason Fairbanks 19 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CSmH)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 19 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To James K. Medbery 20 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS facsimile: MacKaye, l:plate21)

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    To George H. Selkirk 20-28November 1869 • Boston,Mass., or Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 25 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 27 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 28 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 29 November 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle 3 December 1869 • Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Eagle, 4 Dec 69)

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    To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle 3 December 1869 • Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Eagle, 4 Dec 69)

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    To James Redpath 6 December 1869 • New York, N.Y. (MS: ViU)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 14 December 1869 • Springfield, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Jane Lampton Clemens and Family 15 December 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: NPV)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 15 and 16 December 1869 • Pawtucket, R.I., and Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Pamela A. Moffett 17 December 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: C U - M A R K )

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 18 and 19 December 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 21 December 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 25 December 1869 • Boston, Mass. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    To Olivia L. Langdon 27 December 1869 • New Haven, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK)

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    Appendix A

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    Appendix B Enclosures with the Letters

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    Appendix C Calendar of Courtship Letters: 1868-1870

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    Appendix D Lecture Schedule, 1868-1870

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    Appendix E Advertising Circulars

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    Appendix F Photographs and Manuscript Facsimiles

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    Guide to Editorial Practice

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    Index

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Publishing information
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9780520906082
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Reprint 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520906082
eBook ISBN: 9780520906082
Keywords for this book
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