To
William A. Seaver
4 October 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript, correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01372)
4 October 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript, correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01372)
Hartford Oct 4.
slcⒶemendationDear Seaver—I can’t, old man—am too busy. I don’t get a chance often, to write a miscellaneous article.1explanatory note
Say—I overheard a conversation between two voters theⒶemendation other night which I shall repeat to you sometime when there are no ladies present. It was very brief, but stuffed with philosophy & picturesque expression.2explanatory note
Yrs Ever
Mark
Explanatory Notes
1
The letter Clemens answered is now lost. For the literary work that was keeping him busy, see 11 Oct 1876 to Howellsclick to open link.
2 Possibly the conversation that inspired “The Snow-Shovelers,” a story Clemens wrote
in 1886 but never published, in which two African Americans discuss political and
labor issues while they work. In 2009 it was included in a collection of previously
unpublished works (SLC 2009, 147–51).
Transcript of correspondence card in a sales offering of unknown date, by Charles Yale, Bookseller, CU-MARK.
MicroPUL, reel 1.