To
Charles E. Perkins
12 June 1877 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01440)
12 June 1877 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01440)
Elmira, June 12
Dr Sir—Enclosed is the $20.
When is the dramatic vacation coming! ItⒶemendation will be a relief to get Bergen down to $15 a week.1explanatory note
WⒶemendation Clara Clemens is quite sick with a raging fever this (Sunday) morning. Pulse 150. We take her to the farm this afternoon if doctor permits.2explanatory note
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens
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Whenever receipts fail to pay Raymond’s wife, I you need not pay her out of my pocket. I suppose you notified Raymond to stop her salary3explanatory note
S.L.C
Explanatory Notes
1 A reduction, that is, in the salary Clemens was paying H. W. Bergen as his financial
overseer with the touring company of Colonel Sellers.
2 The Clemenses had left Hartford on 6 June. They were presently staying at the Elmira
home of Mrs. Jervis Langdon, but planned to move to Quarry Farm, outside the city.
3 Marie Gordon, John T. Raymond’s wife, often took the part of Laura Hawkins in Colonel Sellers (19 and 25 Jan 1875 to Stillson, L6, 355 n. 1).
MS, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.