Mark Twain Project Online
Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y ([NPV])

Cue: "Yes, Charley, I"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Charles L. Webster
12 June 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 02906)

Yes, Charley, I want some of those hand-grenades. Say about

1 dozen for the stable &c.

½  do   "  "   cellar.

½   "    "  "   main hall.

½   "    "  "   our kitchen.

½   "   "   our bathroom.

½   "   "   the nursery.

1 dozen for billiard room.

——

4 ½ dozen—or 6 dozen.

I reckon that’s enough, ain’t it?

Yrs
S L C

letter docketed: charles l. webster & co., publishers, 658 broadway, new york. jun 1◊Ⓐemendation 1884

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, in pencil, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.

Previous Publication:

MTBus, 260.

Provenance:

see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ 1◊ ● 1[◊] badly inked

References

  1. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  2. 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
  3. Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
Top