To
John C. Merritt
22 February 1877 • 2nd of 2 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript: CU-MARK, UCCL 01407)
22 February 1877 • 2nd of 2 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript: CU-MARK, UCCL 01407)
Hartford, February 22, 18771explanatory note
Dear Sir:
I have ordered your check to be deposited in my bank & shall not abuse your confidence but will purchase that toddy with the money & devote it to the drinking of your health and the magnifying of my own comfort.
Yrs. truly
Saml. L. Clemens
Explanatory Notes
1 The dateline is reported, not quoted, in the transcript: “I have an original letter
. . . . dated Hartford, February 22, 1877 to John C. Merritt.”
References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
Transcript, CU-MARK.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
Source text courtesy of T. F. Flanagan.
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