19 January 1885 • Chicago, Ill., or Janesville, Wis. (MS: NPV, UCCL 03122)
Have you inquired into the Hand–Grenade stock, & what its condition is, & what it can be bought for, & how there come to be two hand-grenadesⒶemendation in the field, looking just alike but differently named?
Make me a condensed weekly report—adding these: ⟦OVER
1.Ⓐemendation What progress has been made in Estes & L suit.
2. Will the verdict make it worth our while to “go for” the Am. Pub. Co?
3. Condition of the bank account.
4. Weekly total of money received from Pond.
5. ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊, ◊◊◊ Total received from Pond since the beginning.
Write all these things on a paper & stick them prominently up, & keep yourself reminded.
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, 293.