To Charles L. Webster
15 December 1884 • Toledo, Ohio (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 03063)
15 December 1884 • Toledo, Ohio (MS, in pencil: NPV, UCCL 03063)
Toledo, Dec. 15/84.
Dear Charley—
How in the nation can the thing tear, when it has got a couple of coverlets in its grip, & when the elastics give, & won’t let it tear?
You want to experiment more carefully.
Yrs
S L C
I expect to be at the Everett House Thurs Friday the 19th for a couple of hours. Call at 8 or 8.30 a. m.
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, 284 (with additional postscript paragraph likely written by Warner and previously mistaken for Clemens).
see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.