To Charles L. Webster
27 October 1882 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, typewritten, from dictation: NPV, UCCL 02298)

hartford, oct. 27th. 1882.

dear charlie,

i inclose a letter asking price of some texas land. there [has] been six or seven of these applications within the past four months, therefore it means something. keep the address of this county by you, and when you get a chance see if you can find out what is going on there, and what the value of the land probably [is.

as] to raymond, i wish you would just make a note of how many times he plays that piece during his new york engagement, so that i can have the matter to refer to in case i wish to bounce him in the future.

yours truly,

s. l. clemens.

p.s. have a hundred of these printed on any kind of card.

s. l. c.

[enclosure:]

office of s. abercrombie, attorney at law.

archer city, archer co., texas, Oct. 21 188 2

Olivia L [Clements]

Hartford Conn

Dear Sir

is the 320 Acres of Land [ownd] by you situated in [this] county for sale if so what is the last price you will take for the same

Respectfully Yours

S. Abercrombie

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Source text(s):

MS, typewritten, from dictation, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV, is source text for the letter; MS, S. Abercrombie to Olivia L. Clemens, 21 October 1882, NPV, UCLC 50419, is source text for the enclosure.

Previous publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2, letter only.

Provenance:

See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.

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