![The real fortune of my life.' Olivia Langdon: 'I saw her first in the form of an ivory miniature... in the summer of 1867, when she was in her twenty-second year.' Autobiography - The real fortune of my life.' Olivia Langdon: 'I saw her first in the form of an ivory miniature... in the summer of 1867, when she was in her twenty-second year.' Autobiography -](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/WH9NY3/the-real-fortune-of-my-life-olivia-langdon-i-saw-her-first-in-the-form-of-an-ivory-miniature-in-the-summer-of-1867-when-she-was-in-her-twenty-second-year-autobiography-photo-from-mark-twains-biography-WH9NY3.jpg)
The real fortune of my life.' Olivia Langdon: 'I saw her first in the form of an ivory miniature... in the summer of 1867, when she was in her twenty-second year.' Autobiography -
Billings, Mrs. David, ALS to, from Olivia Langdon Clemens and SLC, [Aug. 24, 1888]. - NYPL Digital Collections
Mark Twain - Thirty-four-year-old Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon Clemens on this day in 1870. The well-off Langdons were initially suspicious of the struggling Missouri boy, and so was their daughter: "I'll
![Image of Olivia Langdon, Wife Of Mark Twain, American Writer, And Charles Langdon, His Brother (from An Original Miniature). 1867. Full Credit: Collection Harlingue / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved. Image of Olivia Langdon, Wife Of Mark Twain, American Writer, And Charles Langdon, His Brother (from An Original Miniature). 1867. Full Credit: Collection Harlingue / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved.](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/woh/mis/0713094-Olivia-Langdon-wife-of-Mark-Twain-American-writer-and-Charles-Langdon-his-brother-from-an-original-miniature-1867-Full-credit-Collection-Harlingue--Roger-Viollet--Granger----All-rights-reserved.jpg)