To James R. Osgood
5 January 1881 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS facsimile, correspondence card:
Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc., lot 88777,
UCCL 13129)

Wednesday.

slcMy Dear Osgood—

All right—shall expect you Friday. [◊◊◊◊◊]

Would have written you sooner, but one of the children has been lying very close to the grave ever since New Years’ night, & was not declared out of danger till yesterday evening.

Truly Yrs

S. L. Clemens

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MS facsimile, correspondence card, Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc. catalog, lot 88777, http://www.betweenthecovers.com/btc/item88777, accessed 10 November 2008.

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