I Remain

The letter is date stamped and bears the impression of a seal.

Kean declares that he is glad to be able to oblige the recipient with the autograph of Mrs. Kean and wishes he could add his late father's as well, but the few remaining documents in his hand are family papers. Kean also discusses the difficulties involved with a professional visit to Cincinnati. An actor and a producer, Charles Kean was the son of famed actor Edmund Kean, a London street urchin who rose to fame for his portrayals of Shakespearean villains like Shylock and Richard III; like his father, Charles acted in Shakespeare revivals.

The letter is written on Century Club letterhead.

Bangs, quoting a "distinguished statesman," proclaims that he is "deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelighted" to comply with Mr. Brown's request for an autograph. He mentions also that he has just returned from a lecture tour in the West, which has rendered his pen a "trifle shaky." Bangs is remembered as a lecturer, a humorist, and an editor from New York. He edited _Life_ magazine, _Harper 19s Weekly_ , _Munsey 19s Weekly_ , _New Metropolitan Magazine_ , _Puck_ , and worked on the staff of _Harper 19s Magazine_ .

See also additional letters and manuscript fragments from Cooper in the collection.

Cooper complies with Jewett's request [presumably for an autograph] and states that he wishes it were worth her trouble to receive this boon. He also reveals that at Paris he knew a Princess of [Salm-Dyle?] who claimed that she invented autograph albums.

See also additional letters in the collection from Twain.

Twain signs his name "Mark Twain" and "Saml L. Clemens" at the bottom of the recto, explaining, "Leaving a blank above for any remarks which may occur to me." Novelist, essayist, lecturer, prospector, river pilot, and journalist, Samuel Langhorne Clemens used the pseudonym "Mark Twain," a river pilot's catchphrase for measuring depth. His boyhood and early apprenticeship as a river boat pilot on the Mississippi provided much of the background for his most well-known works _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ (1876) and _The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_ (1884).