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Source: My Father, Mark Twain. New York: Harper and Brothers ([])

Cue: "Well, Sweetheart, I am full of business today"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

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Published on MTPO: 2012

Print Publication:

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To Olivia L. Clemens
13–15 October 1882 • New York, N.Y. (CC 1931, pp. 80–81: UCCL 13683)

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Wellemendation, Sweetheart, I am full of business today, on the Slote-scrapbook matter; it is coming along pretty promisingly. In fact, if that firm do not go back on the verbal agreement just this moment entered into with me in the presence of Webster &emendation my lawyer, we shall close that old sore up Monday morning with a new contract which will give me my rights. That is to say, they have this morning agreed to

Payemendation me royalty on the “Art”emendation Scrapbooks from the

beginning.

Payemendation all my lawyers’ bills &emendation other expense growing out of my

attempts to reconstruct the Scrapbook contract.

Andemendation, from this day henceforth &emendation forever they will pay over to me

one-third of the profits on each &emendation every Scrapbook sold by

them.


It’semendation a fine stroke of business &emendation worth coming to New York for, although it does not give me all my rights. Still, it is a great deal better than I came down prepared for; I did not hope or expect to get a future third of the profits; but a cracking steam-radiator woke me at dawn this morning, &emendation at once my anger sought an object to wreak itself upon. My thoughts fell upon the Scrapbook swindle &emendation at the end of an hour I was in a fine rage. As a result I went to the appointed conference determined to require a third of the profits &emendation allow nothing to turn me from that decision. And so I stood through all argument, being supported by the irritation engendered by that confounded radiator.emendation


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Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

CC 1931, pp. 80-81.

Provenance:

Originally owned by Clara Clemens Samossoud. Present location unknown.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

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 Well ● “Well
 & ● and
 Pay ● “Pay
 “Art” ● ‘Art’
 Pay ● “Pay
 & ● and
 And ● “And
 & ● and
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 It’s ● “It’s
 & ● and
 & ● and
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 & ● and
 radiator. ● radiator.”
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