To
Olivia Lewis Langdon
11? November 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 08958)
11? November 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 08958)
. . . .
mother dear, & tell Charley & tell Charley we reiterate our desire to pay him a liberal salary & expenses for every time he will give us a visit; with proportionate increase of pay whenever he will bring any of the rest of the home household with him.1explanatory note
Lovingly,
Samℓ.
Explanatory Notes
1
In the missing portion of this letter Clemens may have specifically invited Mrs. Langdon and his new sister-in-law, Ida Langdon, as replacements for Susan Crane, who returned to Elmira on 12 November. See 14 Nov 70 to Langdonclick to open link.
References
- Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn.
- 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
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 4: 1870–1871. Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1995
MS, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).
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