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Blue River Blues — Draft 3 fragment

Part of Blue River Blues

StateDraft 3 fragmentSurviving 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 3 fragment — surviving Howard typescript evidenceHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 represented manuscript page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 65037

Original Robert E. Howard typescript evidence.

Additional documentary notes

  • Fragmentary Witness: Only one random Draft 3 page is represented. (witness level)
  • Page Position Unknown: No manuscript page number is supplied for the surviving page. (witness level)
  • No Reconstruction: No surrounding pages or chronology relative to other Blue River Blues drafts are inferred. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Blue River Blues (d3) · TSS 65037 · spreadsheet rows 1876–1876