To Andrew Chatto
12 November 1883 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, typewritten, from dictation, and MS: UkReU, UCCL 00863)
hartford, conn. nov. 12, 1883.
dear mr. chatto:—
your recent letter and notes for 904 pounds, 7 shillings and 11 pence are received and i return my thanks for the same. continue in similar well-doing, and you will continue to prosper both here and hereafter.
i am very sorry that wasn’t the king; but never mind, i am used to these disappointments.
i expect to be ready to talk business and make contracts with you on the new book pretty soon now—possibly a month hence.
i do not know as much about publishing as you do, but as you think three (3) pence a fair royalty on the proposed two (2) shilling edition of the “tramp abroad” i will take your word for it and we will let it stand accepted at that.
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens
I enclose a note from Osgood.
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