A Letter To The Secretary Of The Treasury
Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, OCTOBER 15, 1902.
THE HON. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, WASHINGTON, D. C.:
Sir,--Prices for the customary kinds of winter fuel having reached an altitude which puts
them out of the reach of literary persons in straitened circumstances, I desire to place with
you the following order:
Forty-five tons best old dry government bonds, suitable for furnace, gold 7 per cents.,
1864, preferred.
Twelve tons early greenbacks, range size, suitable for cooking.
Eight barrels seasoned 25 and 50 cent postal currency, vintage of 1866, eligible for
kindlings.
Please deliver with all convenient despatch at my house in Riverdale at lowest rates for
spot cash, and send bill to
Mark Twain, Who will be very grateful, and will vote right.
