scott
22 April 2025
December 13 Monday — In Hamilton, Bermuda Sam inscribed an aphorism in a copy of PW to Bernand Walker. “Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker may be sorry.—Page 77. Truly Yours, Mark Twain. With kindest regards to Mr. Bermand Walker. Bermuda, Dec. 13, 1909” [MTP: Parke- Bernet catalog, 4 May 1938, No. 38, Item 90].
At Stormfield, Jean wrote to William Lyon Phelps, professor of English Literature at Yale, thanking him for the copy of his book, Dash at the Pole (1909), which he’d sent to Clemens. Jean explained it was her duty to open all of Sam’s mail, and had read the book through [Thomas Tenney copy borrowed from Cyril Clemens, 1982]. Note: See Gribben 542.
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Dec 13, 1909 - Mon