To Unidentified
14 February 1871 • Buffalo, N.Y.
(MS facsimile: www.ebay.com, 5 March 2006,
item 6609089683, UCCL 13009)

Buffalo, Feb. 14.

Dear Sir:

I am only too proud of the chance to help, with this the only Valentine I venture to write this day—for although I am twain in my own person I am only half a person in my matrimonial firm, & sometimes my wife shows that she is so much better & nobler than I am, that I seriously question ‸if‸ I am really any more than about a quarter!

Yrs Truly

Samℓ. L. Clemens
Mark Twain