1Charles E. Perkins was Clemens's Hartford friend and lawyer. The cashier of the First National Bank of Hartford, and then president from 1883 until his death, was Charles Stanton Gillette (1843-87). Since Clemens did not address him by name, presumably he was not an acquaintance. Burnham, McKinley and Company was a banking and brokerage firm based in Champaign, Illinois. Between January 1876 and May 1877 Clemens invested $26,000 with the firm, employing Perkins as his agent (see 4-16 May 1877 to Perkins; Hart et al. 1917, 4: 13-14; Geer 1875, 292; Bateman, Selby, and Cunningham 1905, 2:877).