71.

Authors; Correspondence;

Letter from Samuel Clemens to a Miss O'Reilly apparently answering a request for autographed copies of his books.

72.

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.

73.

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".