To James R. Osgood
11 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: Axelrod, UCCL 08975)
11 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: Axelrod, UCCL 08975)
Sunday—
My Dear Osgood—
I wish you would set a cheap expert to work to collect local histories of Mississippi towns & a lot of other books relating to the river for me.
Meantime all those people who promised to send such things to us ain’t doing it, dern them.
How long shall you remain in N. Y.? I fear Mrs. Clemens is not going to be able to go to Boston, but if you should happen along here about Wednesday, I guess I could go up with you.
Ys Truly
S L Clemens
letter docketed by Osgood: J. H Carter— | Richardson— | Cable | Local History | rule | Memphis | Vicksburg | Natchez | New Orleans | Baton Rouge | St Louis | Cable
MS, in pencil, collection of Todd M. Axelrod in 1983.
AAA-Anderson Galleries, 29–30 January 1936, no. 4228, lot 123, partial publication; Parke-Bernet Galleries, 25 February 1938, no. 11, lot 35, partial publication; The Rendells, unknown date, no. 157, lot 4, partial publication; The Rendells, unknown date, lot 165, MS facsimile and transcript; MicroPUL, reel 2.
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