To Fanny C. Hesse
22 February 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(Transcript and paraphrase: CU-MARK, UCCL 12557)
(SUPERSEDED)

[on the back of the 19 February 1877 check:]

Miss H. will please bank this with Bissell & place it to “personal” account.

S. L. C.

Saml. L. Clemens | by A. H. Olmsted Atty. | Pay Bank of New York | (N.B.A.) or Order | [George P. Bissell & Co.]

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Transcript and paraphrase, CU-MARK. The paraphrase reads: “On the back of the check:”.

Provenance:Transcript and paraphrase in CU-MARK courtesy of T. F. Flanagan.

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Geo. P. Bissell & Co. • Geo. P. - - - -