Elmira, July 26/82.
Dear Charley—
Dam . . . . . nation! It’s a good clear report—the expert’s—but did he forget the almost most important thing off ‸all?‸—whether 50,000 “Sketches” have been sold or not?
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Send him straight back, Charley, ‸(if he forgot to examine the “Sketches” account,)‸ & let him get an absolutely perfect list of sales of all my several books—he needn’t mention the “Sketches,” particularly.
Charley, Osgood contends, I think, that one cent s will cover “boxing & insurance.”
Did you write Maurice Joyce about selling territory to him? If you didn’t, make him some sort of an answer right away—for I wrote him nothing, depending on you to do it.
You arrange Kaolatype for Boston—what do I know about it? After you two have agreed is the proper time for me to come in & object or ratify as they case may be.
I wish to God I could get a good st pen of the long pattern. I’ll be damned [if] I think [any] are [made]
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Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
if • i[f] [torn]
any • an[y] [torn]
made • m[a]de [torn]
