ALS, [1872] October 12, London, Langham Hotel, to his wife (Livy), Hartford, Conn.

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ALS, [1872] October 12, London, Langham Hotel, to his wife (Livy), Hartford, Conn.

Clemens writes to his wife from England that he misses her. "I have decided that one of three things must be done : Either you must come right over here for 6 months, or I must go right back home 3 or 4 weeks hence & both of us come here April 1st & stay all summer. But I am not going abroad anymore without you" ... He writes, "I am by long odds the most widely known & popular American author among the English" ...

6 p., 20 x 12.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7121856

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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