22 April 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Dana S. Ayer, WU-MU; and sales catalog: Anderson
Galleries, 6–7 November 1924, no. 1870, lot 78, UCCL 01791)
I feel rich at last,Ⓐemendation my boy—may the Vaporizer’s tribe increase. I was meditating reform,Ⓐemendation but I have postponed, now—I want to see how Mr. Furbish’s stimulant is going to taste,Ⓐemendation first. Give me some Vaporizer news, now and then, when you have any.Ⓐemendation I like Vaporizer better thanⒶemendation Generator—Generator always had such an indelicate obstetrical sound, some how.Ⓐemendation
All right—we will come and see you in your home if we ever get a chance. We should like that, first-rate. AboutⒶemendation a fortnight hence, I expect to run down to Washington for a few days, on a sort of copyright-law project. You and I could have a good time. WillⒶemendation you go?
With the love of this tribe to yourn
All variants between the source texts are reported below. Adopted readings followed by ‘(MTP)’ are editorial emendations of the source readings.
No copy-text. The text is based on a transcript and a printed source, each of which derives independently from the manuscript: a handwritten transcript by Dana Ayer (Tr) and a partial printing in Anderson Galleries (P). A typed transcript of Tr at WU-MU made by Brownell is derivative and provides no uniquely authorial readings.
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