1 December 1884 • Adams, Mass. (MS, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 03043)
Livy darling, it is 6.30 p. m., we have finished supper, & I have had no nap. However, I do not feel the need of one, & shall no doubt be better off without it on a full stomach. My hoarseness has about disappeared, & I don’t feel tired.
I did prodigiously enjoy the few hours with you & the children, & your drive with me to Simsbury. For these pleasures it would have paid me to travel twice as far & go sleepless twice as long.
I hope you will manage to cheer mother up & make her feel better. It is too bad that Charley has such ill health; & yet he has Slee & so many other business perplexities that it is not really to be wondered at.
Cheer up, yourself, mamma, dear, & remember you have all those dear rascals around you & I haven’t a sign of one, with me. I love you darling.
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn return address: james b. pond, everett house, new york. postmarked: adams mass. dec 2 and rec’d. hartford. conn. dec ◊ 1884 1pmⒶemendation
References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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 Manuscript Letters Now in the Mark Twain Papers. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 11 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, in pencil, CU-MARK.
MicroML, reel 5.
see Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.