This note, about Ah Sin, apparently referred to a letter that Clemens had written and asked Perkins to forward, but now wanted returned to him. The letter, addressed either to Edwards or to Parsloe, was probably a response to the following letter from Edwards, written on 2 October from Utica, New York, where he and Parsloe were on tour with the play; Clemens’s “card” has not been found (CU-MARK):

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Bartley Campbell (1843–88) was a playwright, actor, and producer whose works were popular in the 1870s and 1880s. In October 1877 he was touring in the Midwest with How Women Love and The Virginian (“The Detroit Stage,” Detroit Free Press, 30 Sept 1877, 1).