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1Private practice, pediatric dentistry, Doylestown, Pennsylvania Adjunct Professor, Pediatric Dentistry University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Dental School) Clinical Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine.
Abstract:
About 30 years ago, I encountered in a rare book dealer's catalog, a six-page autographed Mark Twain letter of 5 April 1884, offered for several thousand dollars. Mr. Clemens commented in the letter how much affection he had for letter-writing (sic). That comment intrigued me, but I did not have the several thousand dollars asking price. The seller was most gracious when I related that I was a dentist and offered to purchase a photocopy of the letter. He supplied me with that photocopy with no fee attached. I filed the photocopy away and it recently resurfaced in my papers.
