To Mary Mason Fairbanks
31 October 1868 • New York, N.Y.
(MS: CSmH, UCCL 02761)

Dear Mother—

Don’t worry—I’m all right. I’ll be in Cleveland Nov. 8—lecture there Nov. 17—so you can get ready to scratch. I’ll expunge every word you want scratched out, cheerfully.1 Love to all. (In a great hurry,)

Your [Cub]

[Mark].

P.S.—I Some few castles in Spain going up. I wrote an awful letter—but followed with another that set it all right. The answer was satisfactory to the subscriber.2

Mark.

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1 See 12 Oct 68 to Fairbanks.

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2 See 4–5 Oct 68 to OLL, n. 1.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. (CSmH, call no. HM 14235).

Previous publication: L2, 277; MTMF, 47.

Provenance:see Huntington Library, p. 512.

Emendations and textual notes:

Cub • Cub Cub [corrected miswriting]

Mark • M Mark [‘M’ partly formed; corrected miswriting]