15 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 02052)
My entire day has gone to the devil with answering letters—so it seemed a happy thought to imagine you to be the inventor of letter-writing & letter-answering, & soothe my soul by abusing you for it. But I see that the idea was absurd, for that would add to the day’s burden another letter. SoⒶemendation no more of that; but send us another sack of those big hickory nuts, like those that came a year or so ago.— Everybody well, here,—especially Jean—& all send love.
Orion Clemens, Esq | Keokuk | Iowa return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn.Ⓐemendation, if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: hartford conn. oct 15 6pm and keokukⒶemendation ioa. oct 19Ⓐemendation 6am
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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Manuscript Letters Now in the Mark Twain Papers. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 11 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, CU-MARK.
MicroML, reel 4.
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