To
John C. Merritt
22 February 1877 • 1st of 2 • Hartford, Conn.
(Transcript and paraphrase: CU-MARK, UCCL 12556)
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[Check dated 19 February on the National City Bank of Brooklyn, New York, to Saml. L. Clemens or order in the amount of 40 cents. On the front:]
Dr. This shall be religiously devoted to the purpose specified & I shall drink your health.
S. L. C.
Copy-text:Transcript and paraphrase, CU-MARK. The paraphrase reads: “The check is dated February 19, 1877 on the National
City Bank of Brooklyn, New York, to Saml. L. Clemens or order in the amount of 40 cents.
[¶] On the front of the check is the following endorsement:”
Provenance:Transcript and paraphrase in CU-MARK courtesy of T. F. Flanagan.
