davenport club, city hall
cleveland, o., May 8th 187 6
Sam’l L. Clemens Esq.
Dear Sir
It gives me great pleasure to notify you, that at a meeting held by the Davenport Club you was unanimously elected honorary member. Hoping that we will prove ourselves worthy of the great honor bestowed upon us by your acceptance of the membership I remain your obdt servant
M. Weidenthal Sec.
P.S. Not wishing to insinuate anything, I would like to tell you that just as a matter of information of course, that the walls of our club room contain such photographs as those of E. L. Davenport, Lawrence Barrett, Charles Sumner[,] Edwin Booth &c.
I think a picture of Mark Twain would be a splendid ornament to our room
Yours &c
M. W.
