Clemens actually began dictating earlier than 14 January; see “Villa di Quarto”: “I am dictating these informations on this 8th day of January 1904” (233.12–13).
51 . 16 Jan 1904 to Howells, MH-H, in
MTHL
, 2:778–79.
52 . Howells to SLC, 14 Feb 1904, CU-MARK, in
MTHL
, 2:781.
53 . 14 Mar 1904 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:782.
54 . “John Hay,” 224.26–39; “The Latest Attempt,” 220.17.
55 . Lyon’s longhand notes for these dictations are presumedlost, and one of only two typescripts by Jean Clemens to survive is the first part (twenty-one pages) of the “Villa di Quarto” dictation. With that exception, all the Florentine Dictations are preserved only in typed copies made in 1906 from Jean’s (now lost) typescripts. The dictation about the typewriter was published under the heading “From My Unpublished Autobiography” in
Harper’s Weekly
for 18 March 1905, and Clemens later inserted it in AD, 27 Feb 1907 (SLC 1905c).
56 . See the Textual Commentary for “Villa di Quarto,”
MTPO
.
57 . AD, 6 Aug 1906.
58 . 29 Jan 1904 to Stanchfield, CU-MARK.
59 . See the ADs of 26 May (Whitford), 2 June (Paige), and 14 June 1906 (Bret Harte).
60 . 16 Jan 1904 to Howells, MH-H, in
MTHL
, 2:779.
61 . “Twain’s Plan to Beat the Copyright Law,” New York
Times
, 12 Dec 1906, 1. The then current copyright law granted protection for twenty-eight years, with one extension of fourteen, for a total term of forty-two years. Clemens thought that if the autobiographical notes were attached to a book at the end of its term, they would create a new publication with its own term of forty-two years, for an overall total of eighty-four years.
62 . 21, 22, and 23 Feb 1910 to CC, photocopy in CU-MARK. The “Copyright Act of 1909” passed both houses of Congress on 4 March 1909.
63 .
MTB
, 3:1260–64. The following account of the history of the Autobiographical Dictation series is founded upon and greatly indebted to the ground-breaking research of Lin Salamo, an editor at the Mark Twain Project until 2009.
64
MTB
, 3:1266.
65 . AD, 9 Jan 1906; Lyon 1906, entry for 25 May;
MTB
, 3:1266.
66 .
MTB
, 3:1267.
67 . If TS1 through TS4 had been preserved in the way they were doubtless left to Paine—as four stacks of consecutively numbered pages—it would long ago have been obvious that each was a discrete sequence. But the pages of each typescript were distributed into individual folders labeled by the date of the relevant dictation, blocking that simple insight.
68 . The two later employees were Mary Louise Howden (who began in October 1908) and William Edgar Grumman (who began in February 1909). They worked during a period when work on the autobiography was drawing to a close, and their combined typescripts totaled only slightly more than a hundred pages.
69 . Lyon 1906, entry for 13 Mar.
70 . Lyon 1906, entries for 8 and 9 Apr; Howells to SLC, 8 Apr 1906, CU-MARK, in
MTHL
, 2:803–4 (which misidentifies the typescript pages lent to Howells); 8 Apr 1906 to CC, MoPlS and CU-MARK.
71 . Lyon 1906, entries for 15 May, 20 May, 25 May, and 21 June;
MTB
, 3:1307–8.
72 . Lyon 1906, entry for 29 Aug. “The King” was the pet name that Lyon and Paine used for Clemens.
73 . Lyon 1906, entry for 20 June. Hobby’s stenographic record apparently did not make a distinction between “a” and “one.”
74 . Lyon 1906, entry for 27 May;
HHR
, 697. See “Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Bailey Aldrich” for Clemens’s comments on “submerged renown.”
75 . 17 June 1906 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 611; Rogers to SLC, 4 June 1906, CU-MARK, in
HHR
, 608.
76 . 10 June 1906 to Teller, NN-BGC.
77 . Lyon 1906, entries for 8 June and 21 June.
78 . Pages 3 and 7 of Lyon’s copy of Paine’s
Autobiography
, quoted courtesy of Kevin Mac Donnell, its owner. Lyon made her notes in 1947 or 1948.
79 . Paine to Lyon, 11 June 1906, CU-MARK; Lyon 1906, entries for 13 and 22 June. Lyon’s date (1879) for this typescript
51 . 16 Jan 1904 to Howells, MH-H, in
MTHL
, 2:778–79.
52 . Howells to SLC, 14 Feb 1904, CU-MARK, in
MTHL
, 2:781.
53 . 14 Mar 1904 to Howells, NN-BGC, in
MTHL
, 2:782.
54 . “John Hay,” 224.26–39; “The Latest Attempt,” 220.17.
55 . Lyon’s longhand notes for these dictations are presumedlost, and one of only two typescripts by Jean Clemens to survive is the first part (twenty-one pages) of the “Villa di Quarto” dictation. With that exception, all the Florentine Dictations are preserved only in typed copies made in 1906 from Jean’s (now lost) typescripts. The dictation about the typewriter was published under the heading “From My Unpublished Autobiography” in
Harper’s Weekly
for 18 March 1905, and Clemens later inserted it in AD, 27 Feb 1907 (SLC 1905c).
56 . See the Textual Commentary for “Villa di Quarto,”
MTPO
.
57 . AD, 6 Aug 1906.
58 . 29 Jan 1904 to Stanchfield, CU-MARK.
59 . See the ADs of 26 May (Whitford), 2 June (Paige), and 14 June 1906 (Bret Harte).
60 . 16 Jan 1904 to Howells, MH-H, in
MTHL
, 2:779.
61 . “Twain’s Plan to Beat the Copyright Law,” New York
Times
, 12 Dec 1906, 1. The then current copyright law granted protection for twenty-eight years, with one extension of fourteen, for a total term of forty-two years. Clemens thought that if the autobiographical notes were attached to a book at the end of its term, they would create a new publication with its own term of forty-two years, for an overall total of eighty-four years.
62 . 21, 22, and 23 Feb 1910 to CC, photocopy in CU-MARK. The “Copyright Act of 1909” passed both houses of Congress on 4 March 1909.
63 .
MTB
, 3:1260–64. The following account of the history of the Autobiographical Dictation series is founded upon and greatly indebted to the ground-breaking research of Lin Salamo, an editor at the Mark Twain Project until 2009.
64
MTB
, 3:1266.
65 . AD, 9 Jan 1906; Lyon 1906, entry for 25 May;
MTB
, 3:1266.
66 .
MTB
, 3:1267.
67 . If TS1 through TS4 had been preserved in the way they were doubtless left to Paine—as four stacks of consecutively numbered pages—it would long ago have been obvious that each was a discrete sequence. But the pages of each typescript were distributed into individual folders labeled by the date of the relevant dictation, blocking that simple insight.
68 . The two later employees were Mary Louise Howden (who began in October 1908) and William Edgar Grumman (who began in February 1909). They worked during a period when work on the autobiography was drawing to a close, and their combined typescripts totaled only slightly more than a hundred pages.
69 . Lyon 1906, entry for 13 Mar.
70 . Lyon 1906, entries for 8 and 9 Apr; Howells to SLC, 8 Apr 1906, CU-MARK, in
MTHL
, 2:803–4 (which misidentifies the typescript pages lent to Howells); 8 Apr 1906 to CC, MoPlS and CU-MARK.
71 . Lyon 1906, entries for 15 May, 20 May, 25 May, and 21 June;
MTB
, 3:1307–8.
72 . Lyon 1906, entry for 29 Aug. “The King” was the pet name that Lyon and Paine used for Clemens.
73 . Lyon 1906, entry for 20 June. Hobby’s stenographic record apparently did not make a distinction between “a” and “one.”
74 . Lyon 1906, entry for 27 May;
HHR
, 697. See “Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Bailey Aldrich” for Clemens’s comments on “submerged renown.”
75 . 17 June 1906 to Rogers, Salm, in
HHR
, 611; Rogers to SLC, 4 June 1906, CU-MARK, in
HHR
, 608.
76 . 10 June 1906 to Teller, NN-BGC.
77 . Lyon 1906, entries for 8 June and 21 June.
78 . Pages 3 and 7 of Lyon’s copy of Paine’s
Autobiography
, quoted courtesy of Kevin Mac Donnell, its owner. Lyon made her notes in 1947 or 1948.
79 . Paine to Lyon, 11 June 1906, CU-MARK; Lyon 1906, entries for 13 and 22 June. Lyon’s date (1879) for this typescript
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