Clemens, Samuel L.:

$3,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED ("MARK"), TO JAMES R. OSGOOD]. To James R. Osgood, then principal of James R. Osgood & Company, and later publisher of The Prince and the Pauper, and other titles by Clemens and his contemporaries: "My Dear Osgood: Confound it, my Boston trip is knocked in the head. It would take so long to explain why, that I will not attempt it, but only send regrets, do some private cussing, & wish the dinner party a happy time & Aldrich & family godsend & a glorious tour. Ys Ever Mark [flourish]." Clemens had earlier declined another invitation to dine with Osgood on February 12. T.B. Aldrich and his wife embarked in late March for an eight-month tour of Europe.

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