6 March 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (Handwritten transcripts by Pamela A. Moffett and typed transcript by or for Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 09523)
O,Ⓐemendation dear, don’t ever send me anything that you value. I haven’t any idea where Sam’s letter is.Ⓐemendation I don’t think you told me to return it; & if you should tell me such a thing I should be most likely to put it off a day or two & then never think of it again. If the Howards are in a position to guarantee 25 per cent the first year,Ⓐemendation I don’t imagine they will have any trouble about getting their stock subscribed.Ⓐemendation We made up $200,000 to start an engine-buildingⒶemendation factory here, one night a couple of months ago, on the mere prospect Ⓐemendation of a profitable business,—noⒶemendation guaranty. I took all the stock I could get,Ⓐemendation which was $14,500-worth;Ⓐemendation but if they had guaranteed Ⓐemendation 25 per cent the first year, I reckon a body would have had to move quickerⒶemendation than I Ⓐemendation generally move,Ⓐemendation toⒶemendation get any Ⓐemendation.Ⓐemendation
Everybody’s well, & all send love.
All variants between the source texts are reported here. The readings identified by the siglum ‘MTP’ are editorial emendations of the source readings made because none is deemed correct by itself.
The text is based on three transcripts, each of which derives independently from the MS.
MicroPUL , reel 2, as two separate letters dated 17 February–16 March 1881 (UCCL 09523) and 1? March 1881 (UCCL 09497).
See Mark Twain Papers, Moffett Collection, and Paine Transcripts, respectively, in Description of Provenanceclick to open letter.