BIB_ID
324770
Accession number
MA 8008
Creator
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
Display Date
1905 Oct. 1.
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Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2012.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.4 cm. + with envelope.
Notes
Written in black ink on two folded quarto sheets of mourning stationery, and signed 'Father."
The envelope is addressed "For Clara" and is c/o "Miss Katy Leary." Postmarked Dublin, October 3, 1905.
The envelope is addressed "For Clara" and is c/o "Miss Katy Leary." Postmarked Dublin, October 3, 1905.
Provenance
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2012.
Summary
An evocative letter from Clemens to his daughter, Clara, who was ill and in the care of their long time servant, Katy Leary. Clemens writes to cheer his daughter, informing her that he has completed "A Horse's Tale," and that he is "satisfied with it, though it was not manufactured calmly but with an eight day drive & rush -- a dangerous process." The preceding part of the letter is supplemented by a postscript, dated October 3rd, and of equal length, describing recent events and the magnificent fall foliage in Dublin, NH, which so impresses Clemens that, he tells her, "I have to shut my eyes to shave, this painted dream distracts my hand & threatens my throat."
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