To
Frank Fuller
22 April 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(Transcript by Dana S. Ayer, WU-MU; and sales catalog: Anderson
Galleries, 6–7 November 1924, no. 1870, lot 78, UCCL 01791)
I feel rich at [last,] my boy—may the Vaporizer’s tribe increase. I was meditating [reform,] but I have postponed, now—I want to see how Mr. Furbish’s stimulant is going to [taste,] first. [Give me some Vaporizer news, now and then, when you have any.] I like Vaporizer better [than] Generator—Generator always had such an indelicate obstetrical sound, some [how.]
All right—we will come and see you in your home if we ever get a chance. We should like that, first-rate. [About] a fortnight hence, I expect to run down to Washington for a few days, on a sort of copyright-law project. You and I could have a good time. [Will] you go?
With the love of this tribe to yourn
Yrs Ever
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):| Tr | Transcript by Dana Ayer, WU-MU |
| P | Anderson Galleries, 6–7 November 1924, no. 1870, lot 78 ‘I feel rich . . . some how.’ |
Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 1.
Provenance:See Brownell Collection in Description of Provenance for information
about the Ayer transcript.
Emendations, adopted readings, and textual notes:
Hartford Apr 22/80 (Tr) • Hartford, April 22, 1880. [reported, not quoted] (P)
My Dear Fuller: (Tr) • To Mr. Fuller. [reported, not quoted] (P)
last, (P) • last (Tr)
reform, (P) • reform (Tr)
taste, (P) • taste (Tr)
Give . . . any. (Tr) • [sentence not in; replaced by ellipsis points] (P)
than (Tr) • that (P)
how. (Tr) • how,” etc. (P)
[no ¶] About (MTP) • [flush left after a short line ] About (Tr)
[no ¶] Will (MTP) • [flush left after a short line] Will (Tr)
Mark. (MTP) • Mark (Tr); “Mark.” (P)
