Chiefly holograph; five autograph letters to Mrs. Augusta Ogden; two to Fred J. Hall; two to T.B. Aldrich; one to Mr. Redpath of the Boston Lyceum Bureau; one typed letter (signed) to Albert (i.e. Adolf) Sonnichsen (one of the five pages is in facsimile); one typed letter to Twain on Associated Press stationery (signed by Melville Stone, general manager) annotated and initialed by Twain; one autograph note from Twain to his typist (undated); one corrected and signed proof ("A Horse's Tale", p. 542, Harper's Monthly Magazine, Sept. 1906); one ink drawing (dated "Xmas 1868"); most letters with original mailing envelopes.
Accompanied by assorted clippings from dealers' catalogs.
Additional materials with other dates of publication may be found in this collection.
Letters (with original mailing envelopes) and other pieces inserted in plastic sleeves, fastened in three ring binder with Friedman bookplate on p. 2 of cover.
Source: Gift of Frances R. Friedman, June 15, 1992.