To Charles L. Webster
27 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (Partial transcript: Doris Harris Autographs sales catalog, May 1981, no. 25, item 19; correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01965)
27 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (Partial transcript: Doris Harris Autographs sales catalog, May 1981, no. 25, item 19; correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01965)
Oct. 27.Ⓐemendation
slcDear Charley—Ⓐemendation
Have you this old cut yet? If you haven’t, make a new one, just as quick as you possibly can, & print me 300 on white cards, (like this.) Monogram not needed.
enclosure:
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Oct. 27. ● 27 October, no year. reported, not quoted; form of date adopted from other 1881 letters
Ⓐ Dear Charley— ● To “Charley.” reported, not quoted; form of greeting adopted from other 1881 letters
References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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
partial transcript, Doris Harris Autographs sales catalog, May 1981, no. 25, item 19, is source text for the letter; correspondence card, CU-MARK, is source text for the enclosure. There are two known states of the correspondence cards that Clemens used in 1881: “state A” has a monogram in the upper-left corner; “state B” has no monogram. The sales catalog describes a “‘SLC’ monogram correspondence card,” or “state A” correspondence card. The facsimile of the “state A” correspondence card provided with this letter was originally addressed to Bradford Dudman, 29 July 1881.