CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE. Autograph letter signed ("S L C") to his wife Livy in Ouchy, near Lausanne, written on a boat crossing Lake Bourget near Aix-les-Bains, n.d. [envelope postmarked 20 September 1891], one page 8vo, in ink but with the final three lines, the closing, and the initialed signature in pencil, on the verso of a printed advertisement of the Chateau de Chatillon at Chindrieux on Lake Bourget, horizontal fold crease, with original stamped envelope addressed by Clemens (torn): "Sunday 11 a.m. On the lake Bourjet [sic] -- just started. The castle of Chatillon high overhead showing above the tree. It was a wonderfully still place to sleep in...A Pope was born in the room I slept in. No, he became a Pope later. The lake is smooth as glass -- a brilliant sun is shining...11.20. We have crossed the lake & are entering the canal. Shall presently be in the Rhone. Noon. Nearly down to the Rhone..."; Autograph letter signed ("Saml") to his wife Livy in Elmira, N.Y., written from Bryn Mawr, Pa. (where his daughter Susy had just started college) n.d. [25 November 1890], one page, 8vo, on a sheet of lined paper, slightly browned, with original envelope addressed by Clemens (defective): "Susy's Parlor...Just one word, sweetheart, to say Susy & I love you & good-night. We send a whole world of love to you. I'm going now to the cottage here in the grounds, where I am to sleep...P.S. Susy is first rate"; Incomplete autograph letter signed (second and final page only, signed "Saml") to his wife Livy in Hartford, [Montreal, 7 December 1881?], one page, 8vo, with original stamped envelope addressed by Clemens, who was in Montreal to give a lecture: "A lady introduced herself to me last night...old friend of Miss Hesse, and of Susie Warner [the author Susan Bogert Warner?] when the latter was a young girl...Dined with the leader of the party in power in parliament to-night & got acquainted with him -- good scheme, as he is to preside at my banquet tomorrow night...I wish I was at home, & could see you & Susie & Bay, & hear Jean converse before the [dogs?] in the 'Synagogue'..." (3)

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CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE. Autograph letter signed ("S L C") to his wife Livy in Ouchy, near Lausanne, written on a boat crossing Lake Bourget near Aix-les-Bains, n.d. [envelope postmarked 20 September 1891], one page 8vo, in ink but with the final three lines, the closing, and the initialed signature in pencil, on the verso of a printed advertisement of the Chateau de Chatillon at Chindrieux on Lake Bourget, horizontal fold crease, with original stamped envelope addressed by Clemens (torn): "Sunday 11 a.m. On the lake Bourjet [sic] -- just started. The castle of Chatillon high overhead showing above the tree. It was a wonderfully still place to sleep in...A Pope was born in the room I slept in. No, he became a Pope later. The lake is smooth as glass -- a brilliant sun is shining...11.20. We have crossed the lake & are entering the canal. Shall presently be in the Rhone. Noon. Nearly down to the Rhone..."; Autograph letter signed ("Saml") to his wife Livy in Elmira, N.Y., written from Bryn Mawr, Pa. (where his daughter Susy had just started college) n.d. [25 November 1890], one page, 8vo, on a sheet of lined paper, slightly browned, with original envelope addressed by Clemens (defective): "Susy's Parlor...Just one word, sweetheart, to say Susy & I love you & good-night. We send a whole world of love to you. I'm going now to the cottage here in the grounds, where I am to sleep...P.S. Susy is first rate"; Incomplete autograph letter signed (second and final page only, signed "Saml") to his wife Livy in Hartford, [Montreal, 7 December 1881?], one page, 8vo, with original stamped envelope addressed by Clemens, who was in Montreal to give a lecture: "A lady introduced herself to me last night...old friend of Miss Hesse, and of Susie Warner [the author Susan Bogert Warner?] when the latter was a young girl...Dined with the leader of the party in power in parliament to-night & got acquainted with him -- good scheme, as he is to preside at my banquet tomorrow night...I wish I was at home, & could see you & Susie & Bay, & hear Jean converse before the [dogs?] in the 'Synagogue'..." (3)