$15000
Please pay Orion Clemens One Hundred & Fifty
Dollars ($150) upon delivery of this Order.
Sam L. Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
L1, 273.
Provenance:acquisition date unknown; possibly Moffett Collection; see p. 462. Orion
Clemens wrote on the verso of the leaf, ‘Sam’s order
for $150’. Since there is no mark on this document
indicating that it was negotiated, it is possible that Orion did not deliver
it for payment, and that therefore it remained in the family’s
possession. There is, however, no reason to suppose that Orion did not
collect the money.
Emendations and textual notes:
28 29 • 29 8 [‘9’ over ‘8’]
Goodman • Good&mman [‘ma’ over ‘&m’]
