To James R. Osgood
25 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Wolcott, UCCL 09117)
25 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Wolcott, UCCL 09117)
Saturday—
Dear Osgood—
Good; you stop over here & we will decide as to whether we will giv offer the Elephant to Century or not. Howells has it by this time—I sent it to him per Adams Express Thursday.
The letter-head will be all right & satisfactory when it is trimmed up & reduced in size.
Mem. Wasn’t it to contain the number of Clark’s PO. Box? I think so. And I think the line ought to read, “Letters con for the Editorial Department should be addressed to Mr. Clark, Lock Box —.” (In small type.)
That will clinch his & confirm his authority, & may also keep some of the folks from pestering Howells & me with letters.
Ys Truly
S L Clemens
References
- 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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, collection of Willa J. Wolcott.
MicroPUL, reel 2.