15 January 1883 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 02260)
OVER
at a meeting of the directors of the susquehanna and south western railroad company, held at clearfield, pa., january 11th, a. d. 1883, the following resolution was adopted, viz:
that the assessments or calls upon the stockholders be and the same are hereby made upon the capital stock as follows, viz: ten per cent. payable february 10th; ten per cent. payable march 10th, and ten per cent. payable april 10th, 1883, to be paid to the treasurer, c. vanderbilt, at his office, in the grand central depot, in the city of new york.
i hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted, as appears from the minutes of said meeting.
in the hand of Charles J. Langdon:
I will pay these calls as they fall due from your funds here if you will authorize me to do so—each of the above calls will amount on your subscription to $1,00000 or $300000 in all—please advise.
You are herebyⒶemendation authorized to take the $3,000 from my funds in J. Langdons & Co’s hands.
To
C. J. Langdon
References
- Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL, reel 2.