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Box 1

 Container

Contains 62 Results:

To Cyril Clemens

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 1

To Harvey Davis. Photocopies, 1922-1956

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 1
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93 letters, 116 pages. (2 folders)

Dates: 1922-1956

Washington, Connecticut February 16, 1936

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 1
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Concerning his opinion of Mark Twain as a man and as a personage. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1936

Washington, Connecticut January 9, 1938

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 2
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Concerning his opinion of Santayana and an argument about him in which he was involved; some remarks about E. A. Robinson and Aristophanes. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1938

Washington, Connecticut June 20, 1938

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 3
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Listing his favorite books, etc., and recalling some childhood memories. T.L.S. 2 pages

Dates: 1938

Washington, Connecticut March 29, 1939

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 4
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Relating to the time he "acted" with Lionel Barrymore. T.L.S.

Dates: 1939

Washington, Connecticut November 12, 1939

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 5
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Recalling some personal experiences; remarks about Mark Train, and a train named after some of his characters. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1939

Washington, Connecticut January 9, 1940

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 6
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Concerning some books he has read that have influenced him; some remarks about his present concerns. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1940

Washington, Connecticut March 27, 1941

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 7
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Concerning his opinions on some writers (such as: Jacobs, Machen, Briffault, Dickens, Galsworthy, Stein, Joyce, Proust, etc.) and how they influenced him. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1941

Washington, Connecticut February 18, 1944

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 8
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Concerning why he can not write the article about Will Rogers for a while. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1944

Washington, Connecticut October 12, 1944

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 9
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Relating some of his "Coolidge stories" (also contains an undated part of another letter which concerns Mark Twain’s and Stong’s attitude towards God). T.L.S. 2 pages

Dates: 1944

Washington, Connecticut May 14, 1945

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 10
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A Postcard. Concerning his opinion of Truman

Dates: 1945

Washington, Connecticut July 19, 1946

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 11
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A Letter. Concerning more of his opinion of Truman. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1946

Washington, Connecticut September 16, 1946

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 12
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Agreeing to preserve the manuscript of the novel he's presently working on for Clemen's library. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1946

Washington, Connecticut January 24, 1948

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 13
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Concerning Samuel Clemens and the potency of his remarks when he was annoyed. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1948

Washington, Connecticut January 28, 1948

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 14
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Concerning his opinion of Truman and his qualities and chances for election. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1948

Washington, Connecticut March 2, 1948

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Identifier: Item 15
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Concerning his trip down the Mississippi by stern?wheeler. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1948

Washington, Connecticut June 18, 1948

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 16
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Sending him the Ms copy of the article he wrote about his Mark Twain trip; some remarks about Truman. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1948

Washington, Connecticut February 6, 1949

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 17
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Concerning Truman; some remarks about the new house he bought. T.L.S. 1 page

Dates: 1949