To
Charles E. Perkins
5 or 6 October 1877 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 01492)
5 or 6 October 1877 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 01492)
charles e. perkins,
attorney and counsellor at law,
14 state street,
hartford, conn.,
S Oct 5 187 7
S. L Clemens E
Dr Sir
Your note is recd You say that the print sellers agreed to send the print in two or 3 years—but you dont say when that was or whether the 3 years are up—or how long Write me the particulars more fully—
Yours truly
C. E. Perkins
The agreement was made more than 5 years ago; they put in their first appearance with the picture a month ago & Routledge refused to cash my order drawn in their favor.
S L C
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, in pencil, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.