To Charles L. Webster
28 January 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 02897)
28 January 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 02897)
Jan. 28.
Dear Charley—
Now, No,Ⓐemendation the actor must play Tom Sawyer till tillⒶemendation it is down to where it ◊ pays him only an average of $300 or $400 a month over clear & above expenses., for a whole season.
It’s important.
Ys T[r]uly
S L Clemens
I’m finishing the last act, to-night.
References
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
- 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
- Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
MS, in pencil, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MTBus, 233.
see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.