Samuel L. Clemens letters to Emily Severance, 1867-1869.

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Samuel L. Clemens letters to Emily Severance, 1867-1869.

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Consists of two autograph letters signed by Samuel L. Clemens to "Mrs. Severance" (Emily Severance) of Cleveland, Ohio. The first is dated 24 December [1867] from Washington and discusses the death of their mutual friend Mary Mason Fairbanks' mother. The second is dated 27 October [1869] from Elmira, New York, and includes comments on Twain's recently published book (The Innocents Abroad, or, The New Pilgrims' Progress).

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research 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...

Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921.

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Fairbanks, Mary Mason

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