27 June 1870 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 00484)
Charley has been telegraphed to come home, & leaves London tomorrow in the Abyssinnia Ⓐemendation—recollect it. I Ⓐemendation do not know what to write you in the premises, further than that he will probably go to you for news when her a Ⓐemendation he arrives. His father is very ill—dangerously so. The chances are greatly against his recovery. You must look out for Charley and whatever the news may be by June 8 you will have to communicate it.1explanatory note I will write you again.
The Abyssinia departed Liverpool on 28 June and arrived in Boston on 8 July. Clemens and the Langdons evidently believed that its destination was New York, and therefore wanted Slote, who lived there, to meet Charles (“Passengers,” “Transcript Marine Journal,” Boston Evening Transcript, 9 July 70, 3).
MS, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).
L4 , 161.
donated to CtHMTH in 1962 by Ida Langdon.
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