To James Redpath
2 May 1871 • Elmira, N.Y.
(Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12771)

Elmira, May 2, 1871.

Dear Redpath,

Indeed I would like to find that Canadian “Innocents” if you can get it.

I am well [& flourishing &] hard at work on a book similar to the “Innocents” but my wife is still confined to her bed [&] has been over three months.

Yours

Clemens.

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Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine, CU-MARK.

Previous publication:Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Provenance:See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenance.

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& flourishing & • and flourishing and

& • and