24 January 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: CSmH, UCCL 04130)
slcP. S. (to the letter which is in my head & which I have not time to get out.) You come here & see us, when you arrive east, & we will talk. I hate writing——however, that has become a platitude in my mouth. I finished a book last week, & am shirking all other duties in order to give the whole remnant of my mind to a most painstaking revision of it—for this book is not a humorous but a serious work, & may damn me, tho’ Livy says No. I do wish you would come & read it in MS & judge it, before it goes to the printers. Will you? You shall have till March 1st—5 weeks.
cross-written on front of card: Livy & all the babies join me & beg you to come, & bring Mollie.
Mrs. A. W. Fairbanks | Weddell House | Cleveland | Ohio return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: hartford conn. jan 24 6pm and ◊◊am recd. Ⓐemendation remainder of postmark illegible
MS, CSmH, call no. HM 14309.
MTMF, 255.
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