Barb, that's intriguing -- the idea that it was Susy who "wanted to change
the spelling to Susy."  I've either forgotten, or never heard, that. Just
wondering -- does anyone recall when, and why, she changed it to "Susy"?

I will mention that everything during and after college and illness and
death, it's always, I think,  spelled Susy.

-hb

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Yes,  the family really wrote it both ways -- Susy/Susie. " Record of
> the Small Foolishnesses" spells it Susie.  At some point in time
> Olivia Susan Clemens (referred to by the family in early letters,
> notes, etc. as Susie) wanted to change the spelling to Susy.  That is
> how her manuscript of the biography of her father "Mark Twain" is
> presented. Throughout "Small Foolishnesses," it is rendered as Susie.
>
> Barb
>



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