24 April 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12740)
(SUPERSEDED)
I enclose cks for next 3 months.1explanatory note All well here, especially self & the children, Livy is only about customarilyⒶemendation well—that is to say, in rather indifferent strength.Ⓐemendation As I don’t enjoy letter writing there being such an awful lot of it to do, I will try to make up with a photographⒶemendation,2explanatory note
With our love,
By this date Orion and Mollie Clemens evidently had given up their Keokuk chicken ranch and were now living in the town itself, where Orion attempted to establish a law practice (see L6 , 463 n. 8, 519–20). He had proposed this latest change of occupation in January (CU-MARK):
If Clemens agreed to this proposal, he was sending Orion about forty-two dollars per month.
For photographs that Clemens might have enclosed, see 29 Apr 76 to Whiteclick to open link and 5 May 76 to Conwayclick to open link.
See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.
Paine or his typist also recorded “Letter from S. L. C. Recd April 28.76.” Although the information was probably taken from the postmark of an untranscribed envelope, it is possible that at least part of it represents a docket.