To
Jane Lampton Clemens
1–8 June 1874 • Elmira, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12798)
1–8 June 1874 • Elmira, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12798)
Elmira, June!
Dear Mother:
This is Orion’s latest. Old father Stotts seems to have been a trifle sharp in his transactions. But the whole gang of them are pretty low-down stock. A body might as well marry into a gipsy camp as among such a scurvy lot as these.
We are up here on top of the hill, & the weather is a mixture of winter & summer, with the former predominating as yet.
Livy is first-rate, & Susie is strong, hearty, brimming with activity, & brown as an Indian with constant exposure to sun & wind.
We all sendⒶemendation love to you all.
Yr Son
Sam.
Emendations and Textual Notes
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, CU-MARK.
Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.