13 January 1872 • 2nd of 2 • Pittsburgh, Pa.
(Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12774)
$100.
Gentlemen:—
Enclosed find my draft for $100 in your favor. Please acknowledge.
Yours
S. L. Clemens.
There now. I have written you five letters all at once [&] put a New York draft in each. ([$124.69], $100, $200, $180, [&] $100.) [$704.69] altogether, [&] I have dated these letters from everywhere so some of them will get through anyway.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):
Previous publication:Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
Provenance:See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
Pittsburgh, Jan. 13. • Pittsburg, Jan. 3, 1872. [spelling of city and form of dateline adopted from other SLC letters of the time]
Fall. • Falls.
& • and
$124.69 • $124,69
& • and
$704.69 • $704,69
& • and