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| Creator: | DeWitt & Snelling |
| Title: | DeWitt & Snelling Letter |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1911 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter sent by DeWitt & Snelling, booksellers, concerning their publication of Mark Twain's Letter to the California Pioneers. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
DeWitt & Snelling was a bookseller and occasional-publisher in Oakland, California. The company was owned by James F. Snelling and Frederic M. DeWitt.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The DeWitt & Snelling Letter is a handwritten letter dated 1 Aug 1911 and addressed to Merle Johnson of Douglaston, New York. In the letter, DeWitt and Snelling request information about Mark Twain's Letter to the California Pioneers, which Johnson held in his private collection. Johnson was a book collector interested in Twain memorabilia. DeWitt & Snelling were planning to publish a version of Twain's letter in 1911, and needed to ask Johnson a bibliographic question about it.
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Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
Special Collections Research Center holds other collections related to Twain, including the Mark Twain Collection and the Cyril Clemens Papers.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
DeWitt & Snelling Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
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Created by: LMD
Date: 8 Mar 2010
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