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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "what you paid me last"

Source format: "Paraphrase, telegram"

Letter type: "telegram"

Notes:

Last modified: 2006-03-14T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 2006-03-14 was Oct 10 or 11

Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Richard Watson Gilder
11 October 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (Paraphrase of telegram: Richard Watson Gilder to SLC, 11 October 1884, CU-MARK, UCCL 11490)
editorial department the century magazine
union square new york
My dear Mr. Clemens,

Your telegram has been received & I have ordered the Dec. no closed up without delay. Four numbers is what we would like to have. Jan. Feb. March April—(April closes a volume.) At the former price—(“what you paid me last time”) do you mean lump price $400—or $30 a page?

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Paraphrase of telegram, Richard Watson Gilder to SLC, 11 October 1884, CU-MARK, UCLC 42304.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL , reel 2.

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