16 August 1875 • Newport, R.I. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 01256)
Neu wport, 16th
We send hearty congratulations & good wishes to Annie & Mr. W., & they must be sure to give us a visit when they come east.1explanatory note We are still here, miserably homesick, but st must not return before Sept. 8th or 10th.2explanatory note The children are in superb condition.
That is, on their wedding trip: Annie Moffett and Charles L. Webster were to be married on 28 September.
The Hartford heat, which the Clemenses were avoiding, was soon showing signs of abating. On 24 August the Hartford Courant predicted, “Such weather as that of yesterday will soon bring home many who are absent at summer resorts” (“Brief Mention,” 2).
MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).
L6 , 524.
see Moffett Collection in Description of Provenance.
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