Letter from to Samuel L. Clemens : an electronic text MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK). Francis Davis Millet to Samuel L. Clemens 30 March 1884 • New York, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCLC 41846)
578 5th Avenue New York
March 30 My dear Mr. Clemens:—

I find on looking over my collection of autographs that yours is not among them.

Will you do me the favor of sending me your signature in your best style and much oblige

Yours faithfully F. D. MilletFrank Millet was a close personal friend. In January 1877 he painted a portrait of Clemens, which the latter deemed "most excellent" in a letter to H. Boyesen on 17 January 1877. Three years later Clemens was best man at Millet's wedding in Paris. Millet, along with R. Swain Gifford, was a member of Society of American Artists. S. L. Clemens Esq | Hartford | Conn. postmarked: new york mar 31 9 pm G 84 docketed by SLC, in pencil: Millet