Elmira, Sept 19/82.
Dear Charley—
You did miraculously with the Watch thieves. It was an ugly job well carried through. The Howards were wise to hold their temper & come to our terms; for if they hadn’t we would have made it warm for them & the rest of the directors on that fraudulent dividend. I have put the note & the accompanying paper in J L & Co’s safe, here.
Osgood will be home pretty soon & you can consult with him; but he doesn’t know the subscription business yet, himself. [Osgood] can probably get some chap or girl for you who has served a General Agent in Boston —somebody who can help you, for wages, in New York, & teach you the methods.
I am not well yet, & my book drags like the very devil. Some days I cannot write a line.
Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
Osgood • Ossgood [corrected miswriting]
