To William Dean Howells
22 April 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS: MH-H, UCCL 01790)

Thursday.

My Dear Howells:

I have scribbled this to-day—maybe it may do for the Club, I dunno.

When you can, I want you to give me the exact date of your hegira or exodus into Hartford, (if that is the right phrase,) because I want to fetch up the Rightful Earl & have that interview. He has invented a swimming apparatus, & wants me to lend him $200 to shove it [with], but I don’t calculate to do that.

Ys Ever

Mark.

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Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, MH-H, shelf mark bMS Am 1784 (98).

Previous publication: MTHL, 1:301.

Provenance:See Howells Letters in Description of Provenance.

Emendations and textual notes:

with • with with [corrected miswriting]