Letter from Francis Hopkinson Smith to Samuel L. Clemens : an electronic text MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK). Francis Hopkinson Smith to Samuel L. Clemens 31 March 1884 • New York, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCLC 41979) [letterhead: family crest with slogan “Semper Paratus”] 150 E. 34th New York 3/31 My Dear Mr. Clemens

Will you be good enough to send me your autograph—

I very much desire to add it to my collection.

Faithfully Yours F. Hopkinson Smith Saml Clemens Esq | Care Mark Twain | Hartford | Conn rule new york mar 31 6 pm 84 docketed by SLC, in pencil: Hopkinson Smith | nothing.

Clemens knew Hopkinson Smith primarily through his membership in the Kinsmen, a dining club of like-minded artists, authors, and players, with no dues, no rules, and no officers.

rule | SLC, in different pencil: rule The artist. rule