26 January 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 01898)
Am very sorry for the misfortune—but rush up the brick shop & go ahead.
I had made up my mind to put all K business on you; but in this one instance I’ll make a remark: to wit, Chicago is a mighty important place, & we must look sharp & not give it away. Therefore I suggest a price of not under $10,000—that, or a 10 per cent royalty. , —either. And I would let this
That is only a suggestion; give it such weight as you choose. Ignore it, if you want to. Make your own trade with Chicago, & if thaere’s any reason in it I’ll ratify it.
But don’t submit picayune trades to me, like Crump’s & those Southern States—don’t ask me for advice in those d—d $2000-cases. — Ⓐemendationor cases like that New Orleans one. Just make the trades yourself, Dan——I started in to be a Figure-Head President & that’s what I am.
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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 Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
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