Hartford, Oct. 28/81.
Dear Osgood—
How would it do, to set up the first & last signatures in Boston, & do the rest in Canada? You see, what I’m after is a preventive; I it is preferable to c even the best of cures. Those sons of up there will steal anything they can get their hands on—‸possible‸ suits for damages & felony would be no more restraitnt upon them, I think, than would the [would] the presence of a young lady be to ‸upon‸ a stud-horse who had just found a mare unprotected by international copyright. In the one case, theft & piracy is the fateful doom; in the other, fornic‸copul‸ation & adultery.
What day are you going to Canada? That’s the day that I’m going. Name it.
Ys Truly,
S L Clemens
Say—I’ll pay all your expenses, you know.
Especially if there is any little game you play for amusement on such trips.
[letter docketed:] james r. osgood & co boston. oct 29 1881
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