To Charles L. Webster
15 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 02086)
15 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 02086)
Hartford Nov. 15/81.
Dear Charley—
If the brass experiments fail, try copper.
Try it pure, first, & if that fails, try it with alloys of silver, &c.
But I have an idea that copper will cast perfectly & without difficulty.
Ys Truly
S L C
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.