To Nathaniel W. Starbird, Jr.
20 December 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01514)

Hartford, Dec. 20.

slc‸Mr. N. W. Starbird, Jr—‸

Dear Sir: Please send to me by express the brass fender (54½ inches long,) which you showed to me & Mr. Howells, editor of the “Atlantic Monthly” Tuesday [MS page 2] morning.1 In enclose check for the stipulated price ($60.)

Please ship it at once, so that I can make a Christmas present of it2 & escape further expense under that head.

Ys Truly

Samℓ. L. Clemens