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Is anyone aware of a facsimile of a MS fair copy of Clement C. Moore's
"A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (aka The Night Before Christmas)? A local
resident is bringing in what she thinks/hopes is an original MS for
advice. She has sent me a photocopy (reduced from 14.25x11.25 inches to
8.5 x 11) which shows printed text at the foot of the verso. This certainly
leads me to believe this is going to be a facsimile but it is possible (since
it is a bad photocopy) that this is an imposed separate label, in which case
it _might_ turn out to be real.
I would appreciate any information about a facsimile which I could relay to
the owner of this piece. The _Ulster County Gazette_ I cope with frequently
but this is my first Clement Moore facsimile.
Alexandra Mason, Spencer Research Library, U of Kansas