To
Mr. Tyler
30 July 1878 • Baden Baden, Germany (MS: VtMiM, UCCL 01580)
30 July 1878 • Baden Baden, Germany (MS: VtMiM, UCCL 01580)
Hotel de France
Baden Baden July 30.
Dear Mr. Tyler:
The rheumatism stay staid with me (still stays with me), so I failed in the matter of the table; but I have not given that relic up: I expect to be at Lang’s Hotel on the 6th, to see the illumination with a jolly preacher (my pastor,) who will arrive here from Hartford day after tomorrow. At that time I hope to have a chance to see you & collar that piece of furniture.
If you should run across Ayres, I wish you would ask him to challenge somebody right away, so that my reverend friend can see the duel. Tell him I will do as much for him when I am a widower (which God postpone!)
Pray greet Avery for me—for us, I mean. With kindest regards,—
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens
References
- Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, VtMiM.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
Acquired by VtMiM on 29 January 1942.
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