Sorry for the garble

Here is the original, which I hope will come through all right:


Dear Mr. Mac Donnell,

I have appreciated all your contributions to the Mark Twain Forum and to
conferences I have attended.  I hope you don't mind a question about
Clemens and a legal form book called Every Man His Own Lawyer and Business
Form Book (1869 in San Francisco, and other editions) by John G. Wells. .
I am working on a legal paper about form books and wondered whether there
is any evidence that Clemens owned this book. There is no mention in Mark
Twain's Library nor in the letters, that I can find anyway.

Considering Clemen's legal burlesques and his experience in the Third House
of the Nevada Legislature, I have a hard time believing he did not know of
this book.

Would you happen to know of any evidence linking Clemens to the book?

Thanks in advance,

Mark Baggett

J. Mark Baggett
Associate Professor of English and Law
Samford University and Cumberland School of Law
205-726-2309 (English office); 205-726-4129 (Law office); 205-726-2112 (Fax)
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Jerry Vorpahl <[log in to unmask]>
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