To George Washington Cable
17 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: LNT, UCCL 01985)
17 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: LNT, UCCL 01985)
July 17/81.
My Dear Mr. Cable—
The book has come; I read it last night, & the charm of it, & the pain of it, & the deep music of it are still pulsing through me. I could echo Howells’s strong admirations, now, if he were here. (He spent a day with me last week, & we had much pleasant talk of you & your books.) Howells is still in the mind to go to New Orleans with me in November for the Mississippi trip, & we shall hope to see you then. Maybe you could find time to visit a Creole camp with us.
With sincere thanks, I am
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens.
MS, George Washington Cable Papers, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LNT.
Cardwell 1953, 81; MicroPUL, reel 2.
The Cable Papers were acquired in 1944 and after from Mary Cable Dennis and others.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.