To
Jane Lampton Clemens
1–8 June 1874 • Elmira, N.Y.
(Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12798)
Elmira, June!
Dear Mother:
This is Orion’s latest. Old father Stotts seems to have been a trifle sharp in his transactions. But the whole gang of them are pretty low-down stock. A body might as well marry into a gipsy camp as among such a scurvy lot as these.
We are up here on top of the hill, & the weather is a mixture of winter & summer, with the former predominating as yet.
Livy is first-rate, & Susie is strong, hearty, brimming with activity, & brown as an Indian with constant exposure to sun & wind.
We [all send] love to you all.
Yr Son
Sam.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:Newly published on MTPO, 2010.
Provenance:See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
all send • [deleted by overtyping, possibly reflecting MS deletion]
