To Charles Erskine Scott Wood
24 July 1884 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: CSmH, UCCL 01297)
24 July 1884 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: CSmH, UCCL 01297)
Elmira, July 24/84.
My Dear Mr. Wood—
Oh, the devil! why didn’t you get into the Pacific & be done with it?
I tried to get to West Point in June but made a failure of it; so I can’t tell you any news from there. But I’ve brought a bicycle here to this mountain-top, & if you will wait a while, that can be made to furnish you some.
I’ll enclose the introduction with great pleasure.
Begging to be kindly remembered to Mrs. Wood, I am
Truly Yours
S
L Clemens
References
- Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, in pencil, CSmH.
MicroPUL, reel 2.