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Subject: Ashcroft-Lyon manuscript
From: Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:02:59 -0500
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A 1970 news report indicates Twain's Ashcroft-Lyon manuscript was
purchased by the New York Library - Berg Collection for a price
in excess of $25,000.

Subsequent books related to Twain including H. Hill's _Mark Twain:
God's Fool_ (1973) reference the Ashcroft-Lyon manuscript as being at
MTP.

Is the 1970 news report inaccurate or is there some other reason the Berg
Collection is not referenced as the owner of the Ashcroft-Lyon
manuscript?

Barb

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