To
Richard Whiteing
17 May 1879 • Paris, France (MS: DLC, UCCL 01656)
17 May 1879 • Paris, France (MS: DLC, UCCL 01656)
| M.T. |
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Saturday, 17th.
My Dear Mr. Whiteing:
This family all agree cordially that it was most kind of you to write that. I am right down grateful to you for saving me from those people—I had been feeling a little uneasy about them. You have given me an unaccustomed pleasure,—the opportunity to read a chapter about myself which is all pleasant, instead of being spoiled by dashes here & there of the other thing.
Truly Yrs
S. L. Clemens
in pencil:
P. S. Your ink does not appear to be this vile gummy copying ink which Satan has sent me: Where do you get it?
References
- United States Library of Congress, 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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, DLC.
MicroPUL, reel 1.