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A Unique Hat — Draft 1

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StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard handwritten manuscriptHoward handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 manuscript page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 45141

Original handwritten Robert E. Howard manuscript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Handwritten Manuscript: The surviving one-page manuscript is handwritten. (witness level)
  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the manuscript as untitled. (witness level)
  • Cropped Image Or Page: The source says the page/image is cropped. This imaging/physical condition does not make the textual state incomplete because the spreadsheet explicitly identifies the story as complete. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Unique Hat, A (d1) · TSS 45141 · spreadsheet rows 18288–18288