To Charles E. Perkins
12 June 1877 • Elmira, N.Y.
(MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01440)

Elmira, June 12

Dr Sir—Enclosed is the $20.

When is the dramatic vacation [coming! It] will be a relief to get Bergen down to $15 a week.1

[W] Clara Clemens is quite sick with a raging fever this (Sunday) morning. Pulse 150. We take her to the farm this afternoon if doctor permits.2

Ys Truly

S. L. Clemens

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Whenever receipts fail to pay Raymond’s wife, I you need not pay her out of my pocket. I suppose you notified Raymond to stop her salary3

S.L.C

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1A reduction, that is, in the salary Clemens was paying H. W. Bergen as his financial overseer with the touring company of Colonel Sellers.

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2The Clemenses had left Hartford on 6 June. They were presently staying at the Elmira home of Mrs. Jervis Langdon, but planned to move to Quarry Farm, outside the city.

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3Marie Gordon, John T. Raymond’s wife, often took the part of Laura Hawkins in Colonel Sellers (19 and 25 Jan 1875 to Stillson, L6, 355 n. 1).

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MS, CtHMTH.

Previous publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Provenance:

See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenance.

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