To Orion Clemens
17 November 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 03082)
17 November 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 03082)
Home, Nov. 17
Dear Bro:
No copy of the play has been printed:
Yr cheque rec’d.
Your poetry is all right, only the man whose attention could be diverted by the sun, while dimmed to a farthing candle by the insupportable splendor of the visible face of God, would certainly be a curious duck.
Livy is getting along only tolerably, but the children are in matchless health.
With love from us all to you both—
Sam
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, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MTBus, 283.
see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.