Wow.  That settles it.  I wonder if the original letter is in the Mark
Twain Papers or elsewhere.
THANKS
Arianne Laidlaw

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Jon Wainwright <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Twain also contributed ten dollars in 1885 to a fund established to
> purchase a horse and buggy for a by then increasingly infirm Whitman.
> Twain's letter accompanying the gift appears, along with many other
> letters to and from Whitman, in WALT WHITMAN THE MAN by Thomas Donaldson
> (NY: Francis P. Harper, 1896).
>
> Twain wrote (p. 174):
>
>       Elmira, Augusts 26, 1885
> Dear Mr. ____:
>     (Ten dollars inclosed)
>   I comply instantly, with thanks for letting me in.  I have great
> veneration for the old man, and would be glad to help pay for his
> turnout's board, year after year, and buy another when it fails.
>
>               Truly yours,
>                     S.L. Clemens
>
>
> _______________________________
> Jon Wainwright, Ph.D.
> Austin, TX
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> On 1/7/13 10:09 AM, "Kevin Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >Clara Clemens owned a 1908 edition of LEAVES OF GRASS, signed by her
> >before
> >her marriage to Ossip in 1909, heavily marked by Clara at an unknown date
> >(owned by me). Twain wrote a letter praising Whitman when expressing
> >regrets
> >that he could not attend a birthday dinner in honor of Whitman (published
> >in
> >CAMDEN'S COMPLIMENT TO WALT WHITMAN, 1889, pp. 64-5). I seem to recall
> >that
> >Twain mentions Whitman in one of his autobiographical dictations, but I
> >have
> >no citation --just a distinct memory.
> >
> >Kevin
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dustin Zima" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:56 PM
> >Subject: Twain/Whitman
> >
> >
> >> Did Twain own a copy of Whitman's Leaves of Grass?? Anyone have
> >>Gribben's
> >> b=
> >> ook handy and can check?? Much obliged.=20
> >>
> >> Dustin Zima
> >> Quincy University
> >> =20
> >>
> >> =20
> >>
> >>
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Arianne Laidlaw A '58