23 November 1884 • New York, N.Y. (MS, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 03034)
I enjoy your letters ever so much, & w am exceedingly thankful to get them, for I li◊ke to hear all about Flash & the cats & all the rest of the family. Now comes a secret. If a little birth-day present comes to mamma about Wednesday, you can tell her you don’t know for certain who sent it. And if it doesn’t come, you can write & tell me so, privately.
Mr. Beecher & Dean Sage & his wife & father were in the audience last night in Brooklyn, & also a Miss Copelin from St Louis who sent a note to me & I went to see her, & she was the daughter of a young girl I once knew. She said she was 21; & w her mother was only 15 when I used to know her; & I never had seen this daughter before. It made things seem a long time ago, & also made me feel very old & useless.
I love you, sweetheart.
charles l. webster, 658 broadway, new york. Miss Susie Clara Clemens | Hartford, Conn postmarked: new york d nov 24 84 6am and forwarded. new york 3d div nov 24 84 and rec’d. hartford. conn. nov 2◊ 1884 ◊pm Ⓐemendation
MS, in pencil, CU-MARK.
MicroML, reel 5.
see Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.