To William Dean Howells
4 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 01906)
4 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MH-H, UCCL 01906)
Hartford Feb. 4/81.
My Dear Howells—
Don’t you remember the Southern author who invented a fire-kindler & kept the article for sale? I want some patent fire-kindlings very badly. Can you tell me where to send my order?
Sir Gebbie was to be here to-day, but has telegraphed & postponed till next Friday. If ever I make a contract with this dallying Scot, it will be drawn almighty tight, as sure as he is born.
Yrs Ever
Mark.
O P. S. Oh, yes, if I can’t make a contract with him that will enable me to pay you $5,000, you can rest most assured that there won’t be any contract made.
S L C
References
- Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.
- 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
- MTHL. Mark Twain–Howells Letters. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson, with the assistance of Frederick Anderson. 2 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1960
MS, MH-H (shelf mark bMS Am 1784 [98], 85).
MTHL, 1:347–48.
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