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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5.75 x 9, The McIntyre Coal Company letterhead, September 8, 1879. Handwritten letter to stenographer Miss Mary H. Beale, his neighbor in Hartford, Connecticut, who had applied for a position with the famous author. In full: "In answer to yours of the 5th, I have to reply that my correspondence is not voluminous enough to make a short-hand amanuensis necessary, & in my other work I am obliged to use the pen myself." The McIntyre Coal Company had been founded by Clemens's father-in-law, Jervis Langdon. In fine condition.
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