In answer sent Raymond $1500 to Elmira at 7 per cent interest—refusing the 1 per cent a month.1
S. L. C.
Explanatory Notes
Source text(s):Previous publication:
L6, 479–480.
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1
Clemens replied to a second telegram from Raymond,
still in Utica, which was received by the Hartford telegraph operator at
2 a.m. on 13 May: “Will you lend me
fifteen hundred dollars until October first one per cent a month if so
send to Elmira” (CtHMTH). Clemens recorded his answer, probably
also sent as a telegram, on the back of Raymond’s
message.
Source text(s):MS, author’s paraphrase, on back of Raymond to SLC, 13 May 75 (UCLC 32166), Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).
