To
Andrew Chatto
19 August 1879 • Windermere, England (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02533)
19 August 1879 • Windermere, England (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02533)
Tuesday A.M.
Windermere, Aug. 19.
My Dear Mr. Chatto:
In a picture-shop alongside the Haymarket Theatre there is an etching by Whistler of a View from his window on the Thames in Chelsea—price 7 guineas. We have concluded we want it for the young lady who is with us. If you can by buy it & get it to Liverpool by day after tomorrow evening, (Thursday,) please do so & charge to my account. Possibly you may be able to get it for less than 7 guineas—& that I would prefer, of course. Address it to
“Miss Clara L. Spaulding,
Care S. L. Clemens,
Washington Hotel,
Liverpool.”
It will even be time enough if it arrives Friday—our ship sails Saturday morning.
With many thanks for your many kindnesses, believe me
Ys Truly
74 Piccadilly.
London.
Mark Twain.
Messrs. Chatto & Windus, 74 Piccadilly.
London.
References
- New York Public Library, Albert A. and Henry W. Berg Collection, New York
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
- New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, New York
MS, in pencil, NN-BGC.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
It is not known when the MS became part of the Berg Collection, given by Dr. Albert A. Berg to NN in 1940, but continuously enlarged since then.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.