4 September 1883 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: MnHi, UCCL 02833)
I haven’t the facts, but my elder brother has—Orion Clemens, Keokuk, Iowa. He is hard at work on a long, tough job for me, but I have written him to put it down & take up this matter of yours & attend to it. He had 22 years’ acquaintanceship with my father, but my own knowledge of him amounted to little more than an introduction.
P. S. I wish to subscribe for a copy of the book, to be sent to my home address, Hartford, Conn., with bill for the same.
R. I. Holcombe, Esq | Palmyra | Missouri return address: return to c. j. langdon, elmira, n. y., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: elmira n.y. sep 4 5pm
References
- Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
- 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- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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, MnHi.
MicroPUL , reel 2.