To Pamela A. Moffett
16 August 1875 • Newport, R.I.
(MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 01256)

Bateman’s Point
Neu wport, 16th

Dear Sister:

We send hearty congratulations & good wishes to Annie & Mr. W., & they must be sure to give us a visit when they come east.1 We are still here, miserably homesick, but st must not return befor[e] Sept. 8th or 10th.2 The children are in superb condition.

Affly

Sam

Explanatory Notes

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1 That is, on their wedding trip: Annie Moffett and Charles L. Webster were to be married on 28 September.

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2 The Hartford heat, which the Clemenses were avoiding, was soon showing signs of abating. On 24 August the Hartford Courant predicted, “Such weather as that of yesterday will soon bring home many who are absent at summer resorts” (“Brief Mention,” 2).

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).

Previous publication: L6, 524.

Provenance:see Moffett Collection in Description of Provenance.