Elmira, Aug. 8/82.
Dear Charley—
Go to Mr. W. M. Laffan, (at Harper’s) & ask him to introduce you to the firm for me; then you can ask them to give you a note of introduction to such other publishers as you may wish to consult. This will afford you every opportunity you require. You might d Drop a note to Laffan asking when you may call on him with a small matter of business from me.
Look here, have the Am. Pub. Co. swindled me out of only $2,000? I thought it was five. It can’t be worth while to sue for $2,000, can it? If we gain it will it pay lawyer’s fees?
K. is doing [well] & will yet do first-rate.
Hadn’t you better enclose your specimen-pamphlets in big envelops, so they will stay flat? A rolled-up pamphlet is an exasperating thing to try to examine or preserve.
Ys Truly
S L Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MTBus, 192–93; MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
well • [possibly ‘well,’]
