Item 18: Letter from Samuel L[anghorne]. Clemens to Mr. [Edward B.] Caulfield, [no year] January 7
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 18
Dates
- Created: [no year] January 7
Creator
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Excellent (letter); Good (envelope)
Measurements:
5 ⅝ in. x 4 ½ in. (letter); 3 11/16 in. x 4 ¾ in. (envelope)
Description:
This is a letter from Samuel Langhorne Clemens to Mr. Caulfield on January 7. This letter is about forgery and how the forged item needs to be kept as evidence. The letter also implies that whomever committed forgery, could not have entered through the back or front door. A collection of letters from Clemens exists, one of which is a letter from Edward Caulfield to Samuel Clemens on December 1, 1903. Although we do not know the year of this particular letter it is possible that Clemens was responding to Caulfield roughly a month later. Samuel Clemens, also known as his penname Mark Twain, was born in Missouri in 1835. He was an American humorist, writer, entrepreneur, lecturer, and publisher. Clemens wrote many novels throughout his career and co-wrote a book with Charles Dudley Warner.
The manuscript uses the earlier meaning of the word “cuss,” which was used to identify a contemptible or worthless person during the late eighteenth century. To find more information on the word’s etymology, check out the Oxford English Dictionary.
The New York Public Library has a letter of Edward B. Cawfield’s written in 1905, on the ledger paper of the Italian Gazette.
Location:
Florence, Italy
Transcription:
{Envelope}
Edward B. Caulfield Esqre
The Italian Gazette.
Via San Gallo. 33.
Firenze.
{Letter}
January 7.
Dear Mr. Caulfield,
I believe the cuss isn’t worth any more powder. But I think his forgery ought to have been kept- as evidence.
Of course he needit come here. There is no back door, & I couldn’t allow him to come in the front way.
Sincerely yours
S.L. Clemens
Creator
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Person)
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu