I was alerted by Barb Schmidt that a question was directed to me about whether Mark Twain ever owned a copy of John G Well's legal form book, EVERY MAN IN OWN LAWYER (San Francisco, 1869). I cannot read the previous reply from Jerry Vorpahl, but I have seen no evidence that MT ever saw Wells' book. By the time the Wells book was published in SF in 1869, Twain was on to other things. His last visit to SF had been the year before and his days of "Third House" journalism were behind him, so by that time he probably had no need for such a book. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at: www.macdonnellrarebooks.com -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Vorpahl Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: question about Every Man His Own Lawyer When someone translates this, please let me know. On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Baggett, Mark <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > RGVhciBNci4gTWFjIERvbm5lbGwsDQoNCkkgaGF2ZSBhcHByZWNpYXRlZCBhbGwgeW91ciBjb250 > > cmlidXRpb25zIHRvIHRoZSBNYXJrIFR3YWluIEZvcnVtIGFuZCB0byBjb25mZXJlbmNlcyBJIGhh > > dmUgYXR0ZW5kZWQuICBJIGhvcGUgeW91IGRvbid0IG1pbmQgYSBxdWVzdGlvbiBhYm91dCBDbGVt > > ZW5zIGFuZCBhIGxlZ2FsIGZvcm0gYm9vayBjYWxsZWQgRXZlcnkgTWFuIEhpcyBPd24gTGF3eWVy > > IGFuZCBCdXNpbmVzcyBGb3JtIEJvb2sgKDE4NjkgaW4gU2FuIEZyYW5jaXNjbywgYW5kIG90aGVy > > IGVkaXRpb25zKSBieSBKb2huIEcuIFdlbGxzLiAuICBJIGFtIHdvcmtpbmcgb24gYSBsZWdhbCBw > > YXBlciBhYm91dCBmb3JtIGJvb2tzIGFuZCB3b25kZXJlZCB3aGV0aGVyIHRoZXJlIGlzIGFueSBl > > dmlkZW5jZSB0aGF0IENsZW1lbnMgb3duZWQgdGhpcyBib29rLiBUaGVyZSBpcyBubyBtZW50aW9u > > IGluIE1hcmsgVHdhaW4ncyBMaWJyYXJ5IG5vciBpbiB0aGUgbGV0dGVycywgdGhhdCBJIGNhbiBm > > aW5kIGFueXdheS4NCg0KQ29uc2lkZXJpbmcgQ2xlbWVuJ3MgbGVnYWwgYnVybGVzcXVlcyBhbmQg > > aGlzIGV4cGVyaWVuY2UgaW4gdGhlIFRoaXJkIEhvdXNlIG9mIHRoZSBOZXZhZGEgTGVnaXNsYXR1 > > cmUsIEkgaGF2ZSBhIGhhcmQgdGltZSBiZWxpZXZpbmcgaGUgZGlkIG5vdCBrbm93IG9mIHRoaXMg > > Ym9vay4NCg0KV291bGQgeW91IGhhcHBlbiB0byBrbm93IG9mIGFueSBldmlkZW5jZSBsaW5raW5n > > IENsZW1lbnMgdG8gdGhlIGJvb2s/DQoNClRoYW5rcyBpbiBhZHZhbmNlLA0KDQpNYXJrIEJhZ2dl > > dHQgDQoNCkouIE1hcmsgQmFnZ2V0dA0KQXNzb2NpYXRlIFByb2Zlc3NvciBvZiBFbmdsaXNoIGFu > > ZCBMYXcNClNhbWZvcmQgVW5pdmVyc2l0eSBhbmQgQ3VtYmVybGFuZCBTY2hvb2wgb2YgTGF3DQoy > > MDUtNzI2LTIzMDkgKEVuZ2xpc2ggb2ZmaWNlKTsgMjA1LTcyNi00MTI5IChMYXcgb2ZmaWNlKTsg > MjA1LTcyNi0yMTEyIChGYXgpDQpqbWJhZ2dldEBzYW1mb3JkLmVkdQ0KDQo= >