1885, and had written Clemens for biographical information; in particular, he wanted to know if Grant had been “a drunkard for a time” (Beecher to SLC, 8 Sept 1885, CU-MARK).
30 . 16 Nov 1886 to Fairbanks, CSmH,
in MTMF
, 258; 3 Aug 1887 to Webster, NN-BGC; 3 and 4 Feb 1887 to Smith, ODaU (the “details” referred to have not been identified). Clemens returned to the topic of Grant’s
Memoirs
in the Autobiographical Dictations for 6 February, 28 May, 1 June, and 2 June 1906. The last of these included remarks about Fred Grant, but not his letter of 22 July 1887 (TS in CU-MARK), which disputed the accuracy of the financial statement from the Webster Company accountant.
31 . OC to SLC, 5 Dec 1887, typed copy of the original letter made by or for Paine, given to the Mark Twain Papers by Anne E. Cushman in 2004. The typescript reads “your mark in my office,” clearly a mistranscription.
32 . SLC 1851.
33 . 8 Dec 1887 to OC, NPV.
34 . AD, 4 June 1906; 20 Sept 1896 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 237; Notebook 39, TS p. 4, CU-MARK.
35 . On 1 November he again wrote Rogers: “After I finish the present subscription book, I shall go straight on & clear out my skull. There are several books in there, & I mean to dig them out, one after the other without stopping. . . . One of them—my Autobiography—should be sold by subscription, I judge” (1 Nov 1896 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 243–44).
36 . Paine published it as “Early Days”
(MTA
, 1:81–115).
37 . 17 June 1906 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:811.
38 . Clemens evidently revised the title again on the typescript (now lost) that he sent to the
Century
. See the editorial headnote to this manuscript.
39 . 10 Oct 1898 to Bok, ViU. The “too independent” words may have been “the bowels of some of the men virtually ceased from their functions” (143.35–36). Clemens had sent Bok “My Platonic Sweetheart” on 2 September, but Bok rejected it and soon Clemens himself decided against publishing it (Notebook 40, TS p. 32, CU-MARK;
HHR
, 365 n. 1, 373 n. 3).
40 . 6 and 7 Nov 1898 and 12 Nov 1898 to Rogers (2nd of 2), Salm, in
HHR
, 374, 376; 25 Feb 99 to Gilder, CtY-BR.
41 .
L4:
27 June 1871 to OC (2nd of 2), 414; 15 Oct 1871 to OLC, 472 n. 1; 17 Oct 1871 to OLC, 475 n. 1; 24 Oct 1871 to Redpath, 478.
42 . “Mark Twain’s Bequest,” datelined “Vienna, May 22,” London
Times
, 23 May 1899, 4, in Scharnhorst 2006, 332–34; Curtis Brown 1899.
43 . 3 Sept 1899 to Murray, CU-MARK.
44 . The text was not included in the final form and, like the third manuscript written in 1900, is therefore published in the “Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations” section of this volume.
45 . 31 Dec 1900 to MacAlister, ViU.
46 . Harvey for Harper and Brothers to Rogers, 17 Oct 1900, CU-MARK. For Harvey’s biography, see AD, 12 Jan 1906, note at 267.35.
47 . Harvey for Harper and Brothers to SLC, 14 Nov 1900, CU-MARK (the term of this 14 November letter agreement was “between this date and January 1st, 1902”); 20 Nov 1900 to Harvey, MH-H; SLC
per
Harvey to Harvey, 26 Nov 1900, Harper and Row archives, photocopy in CU-MARK.
48 . In May 1888, having “spent an hour & a half” with one of Thomas Edison’s recently marketed phonographs “with vast satisfaction,” he tried to leverage his friendship with Edison to secure two of the machines “
immediately
, instead of having to wait my turn. Then all summer long I could use one of them in Elmira, N. Y., & express the wax cylinders to my helper in Hartford to be put into the phonograph here & the contents transferred to paper by typewriter.” At the end of July, however, when the machines failed to arrive, he canceled the order (25 May 1888 to Edison, NjWoE; SLC
per
Whitmore to the North American Phonograph Company, 30 July 1888, CU-MARK).
49 . SLC 1892; SLC and OLC to Howells, 28 Feb 1891, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:637; 4 Apr 1891 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:641.
50 . Lyon 1903–6, entry for 28 Feb 1904.
30 . 16 Nov 1886 to Fairbanks, CSmH,
in MTMF
, 258; 3 Aug 1887 to Webster, NN-BGC; 3 and 4 Feb 1887 to Smith, ODaU (the “details” referred to have not been identified). Clemens returned to the topic of Grant’s
Memoirs
in the Autobiographical Dictations for 6 February, 28 May, 1 June, and 2 June 1906. The last of these included remarks about Fred Grant, but not his letter of 22 July 1887 (TS in CU-MARK), which disputed the accuracy of the financial statement from the Webster Company accountant.
31 . OC to SLC, 5 Dec 1887, typed copy of the original letter made by or for Paine, given to the Mark Twain Papers by Anne E. Cushman in 2004. The typescript reads “your mark in my office,” clearly a mistranscription.
32 . SLC 1851.
33 . 8 Dec 1887 to OC, NPV.
34 . AD, 4 June 1906; 20 Sept 1896 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 237; Notebook 39, TS p. 4, CU-MARK.
35 . On 1 November he again wrote Rogers: “After I finish the present subscription book, I shall go straight on & clear out my skull. There are several books in there, & I mean to dig them out, one after the other without stopping. . . . One of them—my Autobiography—should be sold by subscription, I judge” (1 Nov 1896 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 243–44).
36 . Paine published it as “Early Days”
(MTA
, 1:81–115).
37 . 17 June 1906 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:811.
38 . Clemens evidently revised the title again on the typescript (now lost) that he sent to the
Century
. See the editorial headnote to this manuscript.
39 . 10 Oct 1898 to Bok, ViU. The “too independent” words may have been “the bowels of some of the men virtually ceased from their functions” (143.35–36). Clemens had sent Bok “My Platonic Sweetheart” on 2 September, but Bok rejected it and soon Clemens himself decided against publishing it (Notebook 40, TS p. 32, CU-MARK;
HHR
, 365 n. 1, 373 n. 3).
40 . 6 and 7 Nov 1898 and 12 Nov 1898 to Rogers (2nd of 2), Salm, in
HHR
, 374, 376; 25 Feb 99 to Gilder, CtY-BR.
41 .
L4:
27 June 1871 to OC (2nd of 2), 414; 15 Oct 1871 to OLC, 472 n. 1; 17 Oct 1871 to OLC, 475 n. 1; 24 Oct 1871 to Redpath, 478.
42 . “Mark Twain’s Bequest,” datelined “Vienna, May 22,” London
Times
, 23 May 1899, 4, in Scharnhorst 2006, 332–34; Curtis Brown 1899.
43 . 3 Sept 1899 to Murray, CU-MARK.
44 . The text was not included in the final form and, like the third manuscript written in 1900, is therefore published in the “Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations” section of this volume.
45 . 31 Dec 1900 to MacAlister, ViU.
46 . Harvey for Harper and Brothers to Rogers, 17 Oct 1900, CU-MARK. For Harvey’s biography, see AD, 12 Jan 1906, note at 267.35.
47 . Harvey for Harper and Brothers to SLC, 14 Nov 1900, CU-MARK (the term of this 14 November letter agreement was “between this date and January 1st, 1902”); 20 Nov 1900 to Harvey, MH-H; SLC
per
Harvey to Harvey, 26 Nov 1900, Harper and Row archives, photocopy in CU-MARK.
48 . In May 1888, having “spent an hour & a half” with one of Thomas Edison’s recently marketed phonographs “with vast satisfaction,” he tried to leverage his friendship with Edison to secure two of the machines “
immediately
, instead of having to wait my turn. Then all summer long I could use one of them in Elmira, N. Y., & express the wax cylinders to my helper in Hartford to be put into the phonograph here & the contents transferred to paper by typewriter.” At the end of July, however, when the machines failed to arrive, he canceled the order (25 May 1888 to Edison, NjWoE; SLC
per
Whitmore to the North American Phonograph Company, 30 July 1888, CU-MARK).
49 . SLC 1892; SLC and OLC to Howells, 28 Feb 1891, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:637; 4 Apr 1891 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:641.
50 . Lyon 1903–6, entry for 28 Feb 1904.
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