To Orion Clemens
26 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 02068)
26 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NPV, UCCL 02068)
Oct. 26/81.
My Dear Bro—
Yes, but I prefer to keep these old letters myself. I shall have the oldest one framed, & hang it in the library. I wish I had fifty more; & I wish to blazes pa hadn’t had the bad fashion of writing on both sides of the page. But postage was a serious matter in those days.
Prince & Pauper will not issue, except in England & Germany, till Dec. 1—consequently a trifle later here (so as to secure foreign copyright.)
Clara is 45½ inches; Susie 50¾.
Can’t find any photo of Jean but the enclosed.
All well & send love.
Affly
Sam
MS, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MTBus, 174.
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