per Telegraph Operator
15 March 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, copy received: MH-H, UCCL 02936)
Boilerplate telegram header omitted
form no. 1.
the western union telegraph company.
this company transmits and delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of unrepeated messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after sending the message.
this is an unrepeated message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
thos. t. eckert, general manager. norvin green, president.
13 01
number sent by rec’d by check
22 Hd Snmr 22 Paid
received at 109 state street, boston. 1.54 P. Mch 15 188
dated Hartford Ct 15
to W D Howells
4 Louisburg Sq. Boston—
Mallory is still sick and cannot talk business but he badly wants the thing and has not objected to the terms required.
References
- Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.
- 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
- MTHL. Mark Twain–Howells Letters. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson, with the assistance of Frederick Anderson. 2 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1960
MS, copy received, MH-H.
MTHL, 2:479.
see Howells Letters in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.