The Autobiography of Mark Twain · Character
Richard Watson Gilder
Editor of Century Magazine.
minor
Also known as Mr. Gilder, Gilder, R. W. Gilder
First appearance: volume i the grant dictations
Richard Watson Gilder shows up with force in About General Grant's "Memoirs". The page is where that presence becomes real.
Editor at the Century Company; informs Twain of Grant's memoir project and the initial offer.
Richard Watson Gilder first appears in 0006 volume i the grant dictations.
In About General Grant's "Memoirs": Editor at the Century Company; informs Twain of Grant's memoir project and the initial offer.
Later, in Monday, March 5, 1906: Mentioned in the chapter heading as the author of a letter regarding Cleveland's sixty-ninth birthday.
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See Richard Watson Gilder in volume i the grant dictations