3 August 1877 • 1st of 2 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 01463)
(SUPERSEDED)
Just back from New York. I have a letter from you (with insurance estimates) end of June, reminding me of the $150, which I immediately answered, & supposed I enclosed the check of which the enclosed is the stub. You wrote me 7 days later, about interest deposits (at (date July 7 6) reminding me again, but I judged you had received the check by that time. I enclose another check, now, for $150. PleaseⒶemendation inquire at the bank what ever became of the former check. I have a great dread on my soul that you collected it while in a state of hot Scotch whisky, & then forgot all about it. I know all how that is, by experience.
All well here & send love to the Perkinses.
References
- Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn.
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenance.
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