Kansas City Star Magazine Article about Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Letter
Entry/Object ID
Q2022.4.2
Scope and Content
A ten-page article from The Kansas City Star magazine about finding letters written by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in 1857 to a young woman named Annie Elizabeth Taylor kept by Judge C.A. Cunningham of Carrollton, Missouri. After Judge Cunningham passed away, his sister, Mrs. Catherine Blackwell, found the letters in a tin box as part of his estate. The article discusses the contents of the letters and Mrs. Blackwell's reaction to finding the letters.
Context
Mark Twain was fond of Annie Taylor, and the two wrote letters to each other while she was attending Iowa Wesleyan University.
