Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Correspondence 1875-1895 1881-1889.

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Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Correspondence 1875-1895 1881-1889.

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This collection contains sixty-one letters written between 1870 and 1910 by American novelist Samuel Clemens and Karl Gerhardt (1875-1910), who was financially supported by Clemens to study in Paris. Topics include expenses of Gerhardt's education, commission from President Ulysses Grant, health, travel plans, lecture tours, unauthorized biographical publication, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Clemens' business matters, including the Paige Typesetting Machine. Their mutual friends, including Augustus St. Gaudens, John Quincy Adams Ward, and Charles Dudley Warner were also mentioned.

26 folders (.5 cubic feet)

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Gerhardt, Karl, 1853-1940

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Bliss, Elisha, 1822-1880

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Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909

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California author. From the description of Charles Warren Stoddard letters and manuscripts : to Frank Arthur Putnam, 1903-1906. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78215414 Author and professor of English, University of Notre Dame, 1885-1887. From the description of Papers, 1870-1927. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23706788 American poet and travel writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed ...

Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904

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Chatto, Andrew, 1841-1913

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Lathrop, George Parsons, 1851-1898

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American author and editor. From the description of Letter : New York, to "Dear Joe," 1898 Mar. 23. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28900980 George Parsons Lathrop, American critic, writer, and literary historian, was the son-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne. His defense of the novel as the most powerful and popular form of literature, and his support of a realistic approach to writing helped define turn-of-the-century American literature. He is also remembered for his...