To
Olivia Lewis Langdon
5 December 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 01509)
(SUPERSEDED)
Dec. 5.
Mother Dear,—
We are getting along about as usual. All hands pretty well. The shaving-stand you got for me is just the needed thing. It suits exactly. It compels the morning shave. Consequently, I have not missed shaving on any morning since I have possessed it. I thank you very much—& you may believe Livy does also.
We vastly enjoyed Mr. Slee’s visit—but you knew that before. We have had a letter from Mrs. Slee, & I hope she will come, too, next time.
Love to you & all the [rest. —& punch] up The about the telephone. I will sing you to sleep, nights, from the farm.
Lovingly
Saml.
‸Livy disapproved of the other sheet of this letter, so I tore it up. She’s awful particular!‸
I wish I could have been at your telephone exhibition. Your account gave me a very vivid appreciation of the marvels of the instrument—the most vivid of any I have had yet, I think.
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