To Franklin D. Locke
24 September 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y.
(MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 00432)

[ 42 472 ]Del.—9. 24th.

Dear Mr. Locke—1

By authority of this document I introduce you to my wife, & beg that you will administer the accompanying oath & otherwise complete & make valid the accompanying power of attorney.2

It will be a very great [ fe favor ]if you can save her the necessity of getting out of the carriage, for is not strong & [ face ]facing the terrors of the law in your awe-inspiring den.

Very Truly Yrs

Samℓ. L. Clemens.

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1 Locke was an attorney at the Buffalo law firm of Dennis Bowen and Sherman S. Rogers, which regularly handled legal matters for Clemens. By 1871 the firm had become Bowen, Rogers and Locke (16 and 17 Apr 70 to the Langdons; Buffalo Directory: 1870, 304, 426, 550; 1871, 276, 422, 576).

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2 Doubtless authorizing Clemens to act on his wife’s behalf in financial matters. He already was one of the executors of Jervis Langdon’s estate.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Cyril Clemens Collection, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).

Previous publication: L4, 200.

Provenance:donated to CtHMTH in 1984 by Cyril Clemens.

Emendations and textual notes:

42 472 • 4272

fe favor • feavor

face facing • faceing