To Unidentified
20 and 22 September 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(New York Times, 14 October 1877, UCCL 13105)
(SUPERSEDED)

[Hartford], Sept. 20.

[Dear Sir]: The clock refuses to strike, but I am not particular about that. She runs faster than necessary, but I can regulate that. She doesn’t change the day of the week and the month until noon; but if she will stick to that, so that I can depend on her, she will not perplex me by giving her yesterdays an extra 12 hours. I always did think the yesterdays were too short any way. I inclose check.

S. L. [Clemens].

Sept. 22.—Clock is all right now.

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“Mark Twain’s Clock,” New York Times, 14 October 1877, 5. Copy-text is a facsimile in CU-MARK.

Emendations and textual notes:

Hartford • Hartford

Dear Sir • Dear Sir

Clemens • Clemens