BIB_ID
390911
Accession number
MA 8705
Creator
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
Display Date
[1905].
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2015.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Date of writing from dealer description.
Provenance
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2015.
Summary
Saying "The last fad is "ghost-autographs." You write your name down the crease, then fold & press the paper while the ink is still wet & will blot. It generally makes something resembling a skeleton." Signing the letter with his own ghost signature.
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