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Source: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y ([NPV])

Cue: "Charlie, drop in"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "annotated bill"

Notes:

Last modified: 2005-03-28T00:00:00

Revision History: Larson, Brian | BL 2005-03-28 on Appleton bill Jan 28; was dated on or after 1885.01.28; new date and place not definite

Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Charles L. Webster
31? January 1885 • ?Davenport, Iowa (MS: NPV, UCCL 03139)

Charley, drop in & tell them the agreement was not carried out, & expect them to take the book away & refund the $270 already paid.1explanatory note

S L Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.

Previous Publication:

MTBus, 298.

Explanatory Notes
1 Clemens wrote this letter on a 28 January bill for $30 from D. Appleton & Co.

References

  1. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  2. 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
  3. Webster, Samuel Charles. Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1946
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