To
Augustin Daly
15 August 1877 • New York, N.Y. (MS, postal card, in pencil: DFo, UCCL 01471)
15 August 1877 • New York, N.Y. (MS, postal card, in pencil: DFo, UCCL 01471)
7 AM Wedn’sy.
I can only tender my regrets & compliments, & say I am this moment leaving for that bourne from whence no traveler returns when sober (Elmira, N.Y.)1explanatory note Excuse haste & a bad postal card.
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens
us postal card. | write the address on this side—the message on the other | address nearly illegible; only the following words are faintly visible: Fiske 5th Ave Theatre City postmarked: new-york e aug 15 9am
Explanatory Notes
1 Clemens alluded to Hamlet, act 3, scene 1. He evidently made a quick trip to New
York, arriving at the St. James Hotel on 12 August. The address on this postal card
is
largely illegible, but the name “Fiske” indicates that he sent it in care of Stephen
Fiske, Daly’s business manager, just as he did his telegram of 3 August (“Arrivals
at
the Hotels,” New York Times, 13 Aug 1877, 5).
References
- Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
- 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
- Daly, Joseph Francis. The Life of Augustin Daly. New York: Macmillan Company. 1917
MS, postal card, in pencil, Augustin Daly Letters and Papers, DFo.
Daly 1917, 147.
The Daly papers were acquired by Henry Folger at various sales in the early twentieth century.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.