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CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE. Autograph letter signed ("Saml") to his wife Livy in Hartford, [Boston] "Howells's Sunday," n.d. [envelope postmarked 11 May 1886]. 2 pages, oblong 12mo, in pencil on both sides of a pale blue card with Clemens' monogram imprinted in red, with original stamped envelope (of The Atlantic Monthly) addressed by Clemens.
WRITING A PLAY WITH WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
"Livy darling, we perplexed ourselves all day yesterday over plots & counter plots, & dreamed over them all night. Unsatisfactory. We drop back, now, to the original proposition -- Howells to write the play, dropping in the skeleton of [Orin's?] speeches, I to take him later, & full him out. I expect to remain at Parker's [Hotel] in Boston, tomorrow & return home Tuesday. I love you my darling."
WRITING A PLAY WITH WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
"Livy darling, we perplexed ourselves all day yesterday over plots & counter plots, & dreamed over them all night. Unsatisfactory. We drop back, now, to the original proposition -- Howells to write the play, dropping in the skeleton of [Orin's?] speeches, I to take him later, & full him out. I expect to remain at Parker's [Hotel] in Boston, tomorrow & return home Tuesday. I love you my darling."