Autograph letter signed “Samuel L. Clemens” to an unidentified Boston publisher

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Creator

Samuel L. Clemens

Title

Autograph letter signed “Samuel L. Clemens” to an unidentified Boston publisher

Coverage

Hartford

Date

June 21, [1875]

Description

Clemens thanks the unidentified Bostonian for alerting him to the piratical aims of a man named Greer. He advises the publisher that “all of my stuff is amply protected, + none of it is for sale.” On the same day as this letter, he made good on his promise to “expose this filthy thief” by writing a brief letter about the matter to the Hartford Courant.