To Unidentified
1 December 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS facsimile, correspondence card:
Hamilton 1961, p. 118, UCCL 09279)

slcThe great question of the day does not disturb me; for I believe there can ‸will‸ be no eternal punishment, except for the man who invented [steel] pens.

Ys Truly

S. L. Clemens
Mark Twain.

Dec 1 77.

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Source text(s):

MS facsimile, correspondence card, Hamilton 1961, 118.

Emendations and textual notes:

steel • stee steel [corrected miswriting]