165 Madison Avenue
New York City
November 30th, 1907
My dear Mr. Clemens:
I have seen in the New York Tribune this morning that to-day is your birthday – and it is mine too!
I am writing to wish you many happy returns of the day and to tell you that I think Tom Sawyer is the nicest boy I have ever known.
Sincerely yours,
Florence Benson
[Twain responded, telling her, "I have always concealed it before, but now I am compelled to confess that I am Tom Sawyer!"]
This is from a new book Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers,” edited R. Kent Rasmussen.
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