To Charles E. Perkins
28 December 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, postal card, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 01521)

28th

Nothing from Bergen Since Dec. 8—3 weeks. How do you account for that? I would be glad to hear that the party is out of luck.

S L C

Does the daily postal card [come?]—& does it cast no light?1

us postal card.
write the address on this side—the message on the other

Chas. E. Perkins, Esq

14 State st.

City

[postmarked:] hartford conn. dec 29 12m

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1Perkins’s reply is now lost. H. W. Bergen’s postcard would have reported on receipts from the road production of Colonel Sellers (21 Sept 1877 to Perkins, n. 1). The “party” evidently was John T. Raymond.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, postal card, in pencil, CtHMTH.

Previous publication:

MicroPUL, reel 1.

Provenance:

See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenance.

Emendations and textual notes:

come? • come come? [corrected miswriting]