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Source: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y ([NPV])

Cue: "Write Miss Mettie"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2006-04-24T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 2006-04-24 on Curry June 11; was 1884.06.11 after

Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Charles L. Webster
19–22 June 1884 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: NPV, UCCL 02907)

Send her a cloth copy, Charley.

S L C
Carson, Nevada, June 11th
Mr. Sam Clemens—
Dear Friend

I am in great trouble and appeal to you for aid—I want “Tom Sawyer” very much, indeed, I do not think I can live much longer without him, and am too poor to buy him. Will you send me a copy? And Oblige—

Your Sincere Friend
Miss   Mettie Curry—
Carson City
Nevada

Write Miss Mettie Curry a note, Charley, saying I have instructed you to send the book

S L C

letter docketed: charlesⒶemendation l. webster & co., publishers, 658 broadway, new york.Ⓐemendation jun 24 1884

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.

Previous Publication:

MTBus, 262–63.

Provenance:

see McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ charles ● [◊◊◊r]lesbadly inked
Ⓐ 658 broadway, new york. ● [◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊d]way, [◊◊◊ ◊◊]rk.badly inked
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