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Authors; History
Marginal comments handwritten by Samuel Clemens in purple ink in volume 1 of Susan Crane's copy of William Hartpole Lecky's 2 volume "History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe". Clemens reading of Lecky was an influence on his own work, notably "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".
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Samuel Clemens' comment on page 429 and overleaf of volume 2 of Carlyle's 2 volume "The French Revolution: A History". The copy belonged to Susan Crane and was part of the Crane library at Quarry Farm in Elmira, NY.
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Authors; Correspondence;
Letter from Samuel Clemens to a Miss O'Reilly apparently answering a request for autographed copies of his books.
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Greeting cards; Holidays; Authors; Correspondence;
New Year's Greeting card from Samuel Clemens to Mrs. Martin Littleton.
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Correspondence; Authors; Grief;
Letter from Hamilton Bermuda to Mrs. Martin Littleton discussing ladies hats and describing his life in Bermuda. Stormfield, Redding Connecticut is crossed out on the stationery since he is writing from Bermuda. The stationery is lined in black since his daugher Jean had died on the morning of Christmas Eve, 1909. Clemens himself was brought back from Bermuda and died on April 21st at Stormfield. Clemens playfullly referred to Mrs. Littleton as Mrs. Linthicum.
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Correspondence; Authors;
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Mrs. Martin Littleton thanking her for an invitation and explaing why he may not be able to accept. H. H. Rogers is Henry Huttleston Rogers, director of Standard Oil, who hellped Clemens straighten out his financial affairs in the last decades of his life. Clemens playfully referred to Mrs.Littleton as "Mrs. Linthicum"
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Correspondence;
Letter from Clemens to Mrs. Martin Littleton apparently confirming a visit by the Littletons and guests to Clemens home in Redding, Connecticut. Miss Lyon, to whomClemens refers , is Isabel Lyon, his secretary. Clemens playfully addressed Mrs. Littleto as "Mrs. Linthicum"
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Correspondence; Tobacco;
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Martin Littleton expressing thanks for a gift of tobacco.
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Correspondence
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Dr. Frank Darby, the Clemens family dentist in Elmira, New York, thanking him for some sort of gift, probably a drawing, that Clemens has hung up in the billiard room of his Hartford home. The envelope is addressed to Darby in German reflecting Clemens fascination with that language.
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Dentistry; Dental hygiene; Correspondence;
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Dr. Frank Darby, the Clemens family dentist in Elmira, New York, requesting tooth powder which Darby manufactured and sold.