2–11 August 1876 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 12968)
✓ hartford, conn., Aug 1 187 6 M r S L. Clemens d. s. brooks, d. b. brooks, in acct. with d. s. brooks & sons, h. p. brooks. 438 main street.
terms cash.
to mdse. as per bill rendered 9 65
Please return
receipted bill
to Elmira, N.Y.
S. L. Clemens1explanatory note
David S. Brooks, David B. Brooks, and Henry P. Brooks were manufacturers of household iron and copper ware, and dealers in sinks, furnaces, stoves, marble and slate mantels, and tin roofing (Geer 1876, 39, 202). Clemens’s purchase has not been identified. A member of the firm—possibly Brooks himself—wrote “Paid Aug 12th 1876 | D S Brooks Sons | B” below Clemens’s message, and mailed the “receipted bill” back to him in Elmira in an envelope postmarked 14 August, on which he wrote, “Brooks & So | Aug 76 | pd.”
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
- Geer, Elihu, comp. Geer’s Hartford City Directory, for the Year Commencing July, 1876: and Hartford Illustrated: Containing a Classified Business Directory. Hartford: Elihu Geer 1876
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