BIB_ID
132322
Accession number
MA 679.1
Creator
Sellers, Isaiah, Capt., ca. 1802-1864.
Display Date
[1859 May 4].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Incorporated into the text of the autograph manuscript of Life on the Mississippi by Samuel Longhorne Clemens (MA 679). MA 679 consists of chapters 48-60, plus Appendix and Appendix A; written on the rectos and some versos of 409 pages, paginated by Clemens 749-774, 1-115, 1-8, 20-69, 1-14, 139-163, 1-25, 1-146. The present letter is located after p. 71 in the second series of pagination.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Mr. Clemens in 1909.
Summary
Expressing his opinion that the water is higher in Vicksburg than it has been since 1815, and stating that Canal Street in New Orleans will be four feet underwater by next June.
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