15 December 1884 • 2nd of 2 (MS, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 03062)
P. S. While I think of it, dear heart, make me not one single engagement outside the house, while I am at home. I will see particular friends—say at dinner at our house—at on any day; but I am not expecting to step outside the house to call on any friend or enemy or meet any engagement of any sort while I am at home. I shall work & study all day long, (& every day,) in the billiard room, & spend my evenings with the fambly down stairs,—& doubtless early to bed, tired. I am by no means satisfied with my program for second nights; & when I leave home again I shall be letter-perfect in a new one—possibly two of them. You have selected well for me—I have your selections yet, & shall go to work on them the minute I get home; one or two of them; & we will also make another hunt through the books, won’t we? I love you, dear heart.
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: toledo o. dec 15 11pm and rec’d. hartford. conn. dec 17 1884 9am
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.