To John C. Merritt
22 February 1877 • 2nd of 2 • Hartford, Conn.
(Transcript: CU-MARK, UCCL 01407)

Hartford, February 22, 18771

Dear Sir:

I have ordered your check to be deposited in my bank & shall not abuse your confidence but will purchase that toddy with the money & devote it to the drinking of your health and the magnifying of my own comfort.

Yrs. truly

Saml. L. Clemens

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1The dateline is reported, not quoted, in the transcript: “I have an original letter . . . . dated Hartford, February 22, 1877 to John C. Merritt.”

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Transcript, CU-MARK.

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MicroPUL, reel 1.

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Source text courtesy of T. F. Flanagan.