To Nathaniel W. Starbird, Jr.
20 December 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01514)
(SUPERSEDED)

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Hartford, Dec. 20.

‸Mr. N. W. Starbird, Jr—‸

Dear Sir: Please send to me by express the brass fender (54½ inches long,) which you showed to me & Mr. Howells, editor of the “Atlantic Monthly” Tuesday morning. In enclose check for the stipulated price ($60.)

Please ship it at once, so that I can make a Christmas present of it & escape further expense under that head.

Ys Truly

Samℓ. L. Clemens