To Joseph R. Hawley
14 February 1869 • Ravenna, Ohio
(MS: CtHi, UCCL 00253)

Dear Sir—

Your letter of the 10th is received.1 As the illustrations for my book are progressing so well that the electrotyping may be shortly begun, I suppose I may safely calculate upon a call to Har come to Hartford & begin to read proof, within a fortnight. I shall probably remain there several weeks & shall be glad to talk with you. I think it very likely that it will turn out to be just as well to take the California trip before making permanent business arrangements.

With great Respect—

Mark Twain.

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1 The letter that Clemens enclosed in his own of 13 and 14 February to Olivia, just after writing this misdated reply to Hawley.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Joseph R. Hawley Papers, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford (CtHi).

Previous publication: L3, 100.

Provenance:This letter may have been donated to CtHi at the time of Hawley’s death in 1905.