ALS, in pencil, signed “Mark,” two pages, 5 x 7.75, June 28. Letter, written from Heidelberg, Germany, to author William Seaver. In full: “There be humorists in Germany. With infinite difficulty I have translated the following from a Mannheim paper: A thirsty man called for beer. Just as the foaming mug was placed before him, some one sent in for him. The place was crowded.—Could he trust his beer there? A bright idea flashes through his brain. He writes on a card, ‘I have expectorated in this beer’—fastens the card to the mug & retires with triumph in his eye to see what is wanted. He returns presently & finds his card reversed & this written on it: ‘Ich auch,’ (’I also!’) Be good to yourself, old Seaver.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creasing and soiling, some dampstaining to second page, small tape remants to bottom of each page, and an ink notation to top of first page. Twain and his family were in Heidelberg in 1878, where he was collecting material that would be published in A Tramp Abroad in 1880. William Seaver was a friend of Clemens' and a writer for Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Weekly during the 1870s. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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