# Richard Watson Gilder — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> Richard Watson Gilder in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Gilder, Gilder, R. W. Gilder

**First appearance:** 0006-volume-i-the-grant-dictations

## Who they are

Editor of Century Magazine.

## In the story

### [About General Grant's "Memoirs"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-i-about-general-grant-s-memoirs)

Editor at the Century Company; informs Twain of Grant's memoir project and the initial offer.

### [Monday, March 5, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-monday-march-5-1906)

Mentioned in the chapter heading as the author of a letter regarding Cleveland's sixty-ninth birthday.

### [Tuesday, March 6, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-tuesday-march-6-1906)

Referenced via a letter that prompted Twain to write to ex-President Cleveland.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in relation to a statement about Grant's book royalties.

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