I'd say that during the 1880s Susy and her family changed over, broadly
speaking, from Susie to Susy. The latest I find her signing herself "Susie"
is in 1882. Her father continues to write "Susie" throughout that decade,
and later. There may be more specific information that I don't know about.

In any case, the MT Project's "A Family Sketch" anthology follows the
spelling of the source documents without alteration.



On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hal,
>
> In Rasmussen's CRITICAL COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN, he clarifies that the
> spelling of the nickname was Susie after birth and later became Susy.
>  However, during her college years, she started calling herself
> Olivia, dropping the earlier nickname.
>
> Barb
>



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