j. langdon, miner & dealer in
anthracite &
bituminous coal officeno. 6 baldwin
street
elmira, n.y.July 12—, 186 9.
Friend Bliss—
The circular for the Book is nice—it is tip-top—it is handsome. I wish you would send me half a dozen more—& if you have plenty to spare, send a few [dozens ] or a few hundred to my agent, James Redpath, 20 Bromfield street, Boston.1
In a hurry
Yrs Truly
Samℓ. L. Clemens.
[letter docketed:] [and] Mark Twain | July 12/69
Explanatory Notes | Textual Commentary
Source text(s):
Previous publication:
L3, 283.
Provenance:In 1949 the Mark Twain Papers received a transcription from Francis Richmond
Sears, whose father had acquired the letter from Elisha Bliss. In 1981
Sears’s widow, Daphne B. Sears, sent the photograph of the MS
that serves as copy-text.
Emendations and textual notes:
dozens • [possibly ‘dozen’; ‘n’ followed by inkblot]