ALS, 1893 September 19 : New York, to unknown.

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ALS, 1893 September 19 : New York, to unknown.

Clemens writes about dysentery and of how his wife has suffered from it for years. "When it is summer time she eats a slice or two of fresh ripe watermelon, and scores a victory. If it is winter time - then there's trouble!"

1 p. ; 33 x 15 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7012423

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...