To Mary H. Beale
8 September 1879 • Elmira, N.Y.
(MS facsimile: Inlibris sales catalog, stock code BN#63091, accessed 17 April 2024, UCCL 10601)

c. j. langdonj. d. f. slee,w. l. kingman,w.d. kelly,

president.vice president.treasurer.secretary.

the mc intyre coal company
presidents office

elmira, n.y. Sept. 8 187 9

Miss Mary H. Beale

In answer to yours of the 5th, I have to reply that my correspondence is not voluminous enough to make a [short-hand] amanuensis necessary, & in my other work I am obliged to use the pen myself.

Yrs truly

S. L. Clemens

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Source text(s):

MS facsimile, Inlibris sales catalog, stock code BN#63091, accessed 17 April 2024.

Previous publication:

Swann Galleries catalog, 3 November 1983, no. 1313, lot 214, tipped into volume 1 of SLC 1929; James Cummins catalog, 1984, no. 13, lot 54, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.

Emendations and textual notes:

short-hand • short- | hand