From Samuel L. Clemens
for Jean Clemens
to Olivia Lewis Langdon
19 August 1880 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01826)
to Olivia Lewis Langdon
19 August 1880 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01826)
Quarry Farm, Aug. 19/80
Dear Grandma—
I arrived pretty short, & have not had a chance to make anything yet, over & above a most scanty & inadequate living; so I am not able to send anything to testify my love for you & do homage to your birthday,
box drawn to set off hair lock; lock is missing
but a mere lock of my hair—heaven knows I wish it were more, but I am short even in hair; if even this little had been taken from my bang I should miss it this cold weather—but it is back hair & easier spared.
I offer my love & loving duty.
Jean Clemens.
on back of letter as folded: To Grandmamma. | from | Miss Jane Lampton Clemens | over
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, Jervis Langdon Collection, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
The Jervis Langdon Collection was donated to CtHMTH in 1963 by Ida Langdon.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.