4 May 1882 • New Orleans, La. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 02186)
Well, Livy Darling, I lay abed till toward noon, yesterday, & made Osgood go out & meet the appointments. I got well rested up. I breakfasted, ◊ & then got up & went down; & by that timeⒶemendation Osgood, who had been gone two hours & a half, was back again, & we projected a game of billiards——but right away came Horace Bixby, whose boat was just in, & a very enthusiastic meeting it was. I went down & dined with him & his family on the boat; & later I hunted up Tom Moore, who used to be mud clerk on the John J Roe when I was cub. He is short, & unwieldy with flesh, is a rich & respected burgher, & looks it. Good fellow is Tom; am going to his house to see his wife & six children, tomorrow.
I pretexted myself out of going down to the mouths of the river yesterday, & doubtless it was as wise a way as any. This morning we start on a cruise in a fast tug.
Goodby Liv Ⓐemendation Sweetheart, time is up—7.30 ! & we must rush to breakfast. Kiss ’em for me.
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: new orleans la. may 4 12m and rec’d. hartford conn. may 8 3am
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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