1 December 1884 • Adams, Mass. (MS, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 03043)
Livy darling, it is 6.30 p. m., we have finished supper, & I have had no nap. However, I do not feel the need of one, & shall no doubt be better off without it on a full stomach. My hoarseness has about disappeared, & I don’t feel tired.
I did prodigiously enjoy the few hours with you & the children, & your drive with me to Simsbury. For these pleasures it would have paid me to travel twice as far & go sleepless twice as long.
I hope you will manage to cheer mother up & make her feel better. It is too bad that Charley has such ill health; & yet he has Slee & so many other business perplexities that it is not really to be wondered at.
Cheer up, yourself, mamma, dear, & remember you have all those dear rascals around you & I haven’t a sign of one, with me. I love you darling.
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn return address: james b. pond, everett house, new york. postmarked: adams mass. dec 2 and rec’d. hartford. conn. dec ◊ 1884 1pmⒶemendation
MS, in pencil, CU-MARK.
MicroML, reel 5.
see Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.