Mark Twain: April Fool, 1884

Nella Brown Pond to Samuel L. Clemens
31 March 1884 • Boston, Mass.
(MS: CU-MARK, UCLC 41971)

hotel berwick,

boston.

Mar. 31st. 1884.

Mr. S. L. Clemmens,

Dear Sir:—

I have never had the pleasure of meeting you personally, but have long been an ardent admirer of your writings, therefore I trust you will excuse the liberty I take in asking for one or ^two^ copies View Page
Full size in new windowof your autograph.

If you should feel generous enough to send three copies, I think I can dispose of them to good advantage.

Yours very sincerely

Nella Brown Pond.

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Textual Commentary

▮ Copy-text: MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).

Persons Mentioned

Nella Brown Pond (1858–1893)

Nella Brown Pond was a dramatic reader and the wife of Ozias W. Pond. Despite early success with the Park Dramatic Company in Boston, she chose not to pursue a life on the stage, but channeled her dramatic talents into the platform by joining James Redpath's Lyceum Bureau.

The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing

2017, Volume 38

Edited by Leslie Myrick and Christopher Ohge

Nella Brown Pond to Samuel L. Clemens
31 March 1884 • Boston, Mass.
(MS: CU-MARK, UCLC 41971)

Textual Commentary

Persons Mentioned

The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing

2017, Volume 38