27 June 1870 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 00484)
Charley has been telegraphed to come home, & leaves London tomorrow in the Abyssinnia Ⓐemendation—recollect it. I Ⓐemendation do not know what to write you in the premises, further than that he will probably go to you for news when her a Ⓐemendation he arrives. His father is very ill—dangerously so. The chances are greatly against his recovery. You must look out for Charley and whatever the news may be by June 8 you will have to communicate it.1explanatory note I will write you again.
The Abyssinia departed Liverpool on 28 June and arrived in Boston on 8 July. Clemens and the Langdons evidently believed that its destination was New York, and therefore wanted Slote, who lived there, to meet Charles (“Passengers,” “Transcript Marine Journal,” Boston Evening Transcript, 9 July 70, 3).
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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 4: 1870–1871. Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1995
MS, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).
L4 , 161.
donated to CtHMTH in 1962 by Ida Langdon.
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