To
Daniel Slote
29 June 1880 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: NPV, UCCL 01817)
29 June 1880 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: NPV, UCCL 01817)
j. langdon & co. miners and dealers in
anthracite and bituminous coals.
110 baldwin st.
elmira, n.y. June 29 18 80
Dear Dan—
Yours received—so I pony up the last of the $3000 originally promised. Hope she’ll be able to run herself, now—for a considerable good long spell.
Hope you enjoy the weather. I do, myself.
Yrs Ever
S L Clemens
Enclosed is $1000.
References
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, Jean Webster McKinney Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.