person
Mamyshev
also: Мамышев
Suvorin's son-in-law, who called on Chekhov and praised Alexander Chekhov's story "At the Lighthouse"; not otherwise identified.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 27 October 1888. Moscow. §15 For one of them, V. S. Mamyshev, who was at my place today, is interceding.
V. S. Mamyshev is named here only by initials and surname, matching the existing corpus entity ("Suvorin's son-in-law, who called on Chekhov...," first attested at). Per that entity's existing summary, the family relation (Suvorin's son-in-law) is already recorded in this corpus, though it is independently attested only outside this corpus's currently-translated run -- flagged here as consistent with, but not independently re-confirmed by, this letter alone; his visit to Chekhov and his interceding on behalf of one of the arrested writers is preserved exactly as stated, with no additional detail invented.
- To A. S. Suvorin, 17 February 1890. Moscow. §7 a guarantee for 35 years
A deadpan mock-commercial flourish: Chekhov reports the sent fur/coat collar as though it carried a tradesman's warranty, absurdly specific at 35 years, part of the letter's running businesslike-inventory joke (cf. the section's mock-solemn opening, "Being a businessman, I'll begin with business").