To
John T. Raymond
13 May 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, author’s paraphrase: CtHMTH, UCCL 01234)
13 May 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, author’s paraphrase: CtHMTH, UCCL 01234)
In answer sent Raymond $1500 to Elmira at 7 per cent interest—refusing the 1 per cent a month.1explanatory note
S. L. C.
Explanatory Notes
1
Clemens replied to a second telegram from Raymond, still in Utica, which was received by the Hartford telegraph operator at 2 a.m. on 13 May: “Will you lend me fifteen hundred dollars until October first one per cent a month if so send to Elmira” (CtHMTH). Clemens recorded his answer, probably also sent as a telegram, on the back of Raymond’s message.
MS, author’s paraphrase, on back of Raymond to SLC, 13 May 75 (UCLC 32166), Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).
L6 , 479–480.