To James B. Pond
3 July 1884 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02580)
3 July 1884 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02580)
j. langdon & co.
miners and dealers in anthracite coals.
110 baldwin st. elmira, n.y. July 3 1884
My Dear Pond—
I promised, the other day, that I would not try to get anybody but Cable; & that if he declined to hitch teams with me I would retire once more into my hole & keep away from the platform. So don’t throw out any feelers toward Riley or make any propositions to him. InⒶemendation the circumstances, you see, it wouldn’t be worth while.
Ys Truly
S L Clemens
Keep your hot weather—we haven’t any on the hill, & don’t need any.
Emendations and Textual Notes
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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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, in pencil, NN-BGC.
MicroPUL , reel 2.