To
Pamela A. Moffett
8 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01869)
8 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01869)
Dec. 8.
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Dear Sister—Sam tells me you want him to go over land instead of by sea——to avoid danger. He wants me to “explain” to you, &c. By George, ma’am, the thing isn’t worth the wasting of good ink. If Sam were a girl, your solicitudes would be rational. If he really turns back, now, & goes overland, put him in girl’s clothes, for that will be the correct raiment for him.
All well here but Livy, & she is not ailing much. Jean weighs a ton, & never cries, never is any trouble.
Ys affly,
Sam
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
- Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
MS, correspondence card, Jean Webster McKinney Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MTBus , 149.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.