CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Autograph note signed ("Mark Twain") to John Munro. Hartford, 25 December 1879.

1 page, 8vo, a few separations and tiny losses along creases with occasional cellotape residue along folds, ink faded, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).

In full: "Dear John, My twins (born 3 years apart) are happily past that stage, but I thank you all the same for your kindness as does our [?...] neighbor who is in a position to take practical advantage of it. Very truly yours, Mark Twain." Presumably written by Clemens in response to a letter from Munro, of New Brunswick Canada, written on 20 December 1879, in which Munro hears that Clemens is "troubled with twins" and encloses something on how to raise them successfully (that letter not present in this lot, see University of Virginia's Guide to the Papers of Mark Twain held in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library Special Collections).

Property from the Augustana Collection