2 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, typewritten, with holograph changes: NPV, UCCL 02168)
hamersley was here last night. i have met him half a dozen times within the last month, and we have never exchanged a word about that matter, but last night i asked him if the $25000.00. had been raised, and he said it had, and that the work of perfecting the machine was proceeding. nothing more was said. he was here as company, not on business. when you come, prehapsⒶemendation i can make an errand for you in washington, and then you can buy that stock. the matter with howard is simple. i bought that stock solely upon your recommendation. i would not buy any more of it without your recommendation. i could not buy it with the restriction which he wishes to place upon it any how. but this is not a matter of discretion. discussion. Ⓐemendation i do not need to see howard. it is just as i said in my telegram, i do not want any more of the stock now.
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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, typewritten, with holograph changes, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.