28 October 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (“An Open Letter to Mark Twain,” New York Independent 35, 4 January 1883, 6: CU-MARK, UCCL 02076)
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You spoke rather as if you should give up the ideaⒶemendation of magazining the Bishop’s mind-telegraphing experiences since I had pre-empted the field; but I beg you to reconsider that impulse &Ⓐemendation banish it. This isn’t a matter of literature; it is a matter of science, &Ⓐemendation anybody who can contribute toward the sum of human knowledge concerning it, it is morally encumbent upon the same to do so. I think &Ⓐemendation believe that an interest can be stirred up upon this unquestionably fascinating subject that will bring out people all around, with their reminiscence baskets; &Ⓐemendation, as a result, we should have a mass of most curious, yes, &Ⓐemendation profitable reading.
Now, won’t you write that article &Ⓐemendation publish it? I do hope you will.
P. S.ⒶemendationPlentyⒶemendation bad grammar; but somehow I never could seem to write good grammar with this pen.
Katherine K. Walker, “An Open Letter to Mark Twain,” New York Independent 35 (4 January 1883): 6.