Monday, P. M.
Mr R. M. Hooper:
Dr Sir: A previous engagement most unfortunately debars us the pleasure of accepting Mr. & Mrs. Heuston’s kind invitation, but we shall hold the 17th open, so as not to miss the entertainment at your house.
I’m as sorry as you are that you were not on the Tribune, because toward the last I began to get my hand in, & if you had been there I would have won all of your money & part of your clothes.
With kindest regards to Mrs. Hooper I am
Sincerely Your friend
S. L. Clemens
Source text(s):Previous publication:Catalog of the Paul Hyde Bonner collection, date unknown, transcript and paraphrase; AAA/Anderson Galleries catalog,
14–15 January 1936, no. 4221, lot 128, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.
Provenance:Part of the Paul Hyde Bonner collection offered for sale by AAA/Anderson Galleries in 1934 (15–16 February, no. 4086, lot
72), the MS was thereafter bought by Abel Cary Thomas, whose collection was in turn offered for sale by AAA/Anderson in 1936.
