To
Pamela A. Moffett
24 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01879)
24 December 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01879)
P. S. Annie’s house is beautiful.
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Xmas Eve.
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My Dear Sister—They were exactly the things needed. One great charm about them is that they do not oppress the receiver with their costliness. I do not like a Xmas present that makes me feel that it hurt the giver’s pocket. Such an one I could not allow to be around in sight. Do poleaseⒶemendation remember this. I am mighty glad you could not find the Mowatt book—I have a special reason for detesting that work.
I do hope Ma’s health will improve, dear old Ma. Love to her & to all.
Sam.
Emendations and Textual Notes
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polease ●
sic
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, correspondence card, Jean Webster McKinney Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.