Elmira, Sept. 2./82.
D Mr. Perkins—
Dear Sir—
Please put in a tax-list for me. There is nothing to go into it, that I can call to mind, except the house, ‸& your western mortgages,‸ & 12 shares Hartford Fire Stock—(Hartford, ain’t it?—you own in the same Co; it is either Hartford onr Connecticut). I paid 142 for it.
They jumped my tax up in such a lively fashion last year, that I sold every taxable thing I had, & put the money into manufacturing-stocks & such-like. Next year I’ll put a mortgage on the house & not have a damned thing that’s taxable.
Please send Orion & my mother’s checks to Keokuk, Iowa, henceforth, & increase Orion’s to $100 a month.
All well here, & send love to you & your family.
Truly Yours
S L Clemens
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenance.
