"My Debut as a Literary Person," autograph manuscript of article, with heading, "Chapter of Autobiography written in 1898," 64 pages

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Description

Title: "My Debut as a Literary Person," autograph manuscript of article, with heading, "Chapter of Autobiography written in 1898," 64 pages
Creator: From the Collection: Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
Published / Created: 1899 November
Provenance: Acquired primarily through gift from Walter Francis Frear and Emma Dillingham Frear, 1942. For more information consult the appropriate curator., The Frears's collection is largely comprised of Willard Samuel Morse's Collection of Mark Twain.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Autograph manuscript, signed; 23 cm. on mount 28 x 22 cm. Box includes: copy of published version in The Century, 1899 November, and copy of Mark Swain's [sic] article from Henry Ferguson's journal on the Hornet shipwreck, published in Harper's Magazine, 1866 December. Enclosed in box: Letter (photostat) : 1899 February 25, Wien, to [Richard Watson] Gilder, editor of The Century. Enclosed in red morocco trimmed box. Two printed title pages, one with bookplate of Samuel L. Clemens.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

YCAL MSS 852

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    Writings by Samuel Langhorne Clemens
    THIS ITEM "My Debut as a Literary Person," autograph manuscript of article, with heading, "Chapter of Autobiography written in 1898," 64 pages

Container / Volume

Box 10

Access: Public
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Citation: Samuel Langhorne Clemens Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.