government house, ottawa.
May 23/83.
Livy my dear, fun isn’t any name for it! I wishe I had come d a day sooner, as I was invited to do. Reached here at noon today, & it is now toward 8 p.m., the dinner hour—so I will stop scribbling & dress.
If I get time I will write again tonight. Love to you, my darling.
Saml.
The day has been packed full of interest & novelty. And I think the strangest & pleasantest thing was to prowl through the old family photograph albums & trace the historical faces from childhood up—many being familiar countenances.
S L C
Mrs. S. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn [postmarked:] ottawa 4 a my 23 83 [and] [ogdensburg n.y. may 24] [and] [recd. hartford, conn. may 25 9am]
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
see Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
ogdensburg n.y. may 24 • ◊◊densburg ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊y 24 [badly inked]
recd. hartford, conn. may 25 9am • ◊◊◊◊◊ hartford, conn. m◊◊ 25 9a◊ [badly inked]
