To
Orion Clemens
13 April 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine of damaged MS:
CU-MARK, UCCL 12761)
13 April 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine of damaged MS:
CU-MARK, UCCL 12761)
Buffalo, Apl. 13/70.
My Dear Bro:
I keep money on deposit with Dan Slote all the time, in New York, & have just written him to write John Daly (of Daly & BoasⒶemendation, Blank Books, Main st. St Louis,) to honor my order on them in your favor for $100. Dan will write them to-morrow
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authority from Dan.
Who is Mr. Webster of the Republican? If I knewⒶemendation him I would introduce you but I cannot very well take that liberty with a stranger. Who is he?
I may possibly know him, but cannot “place him” just now. As you want to get a patent, would it not be better for you to have one of
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References
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
- 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
Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine of damaged MS, CU-MARK. On the line between the dateline and salutation, the transcript reads ‘Fragmentary—’. The typist signaled missing text with repeated hyphens, periodically interrupted with semicolons.
Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
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