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Add to My Citations To James R. Osgood
20 February 1875 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS: CLjC, UCCL 11540)
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Hartford, Feb. 20.

My Dear Osgood:

Confound it, my Boston trip is knocked in the head. It would take so long to explain why, that I’ll not attempt it, but only send regrets, do some private cussing, & wish the dinner party a happy time & Aldrich & family godsend & a glorious tour.1

Ys Ever

Mark.

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1 Clemens again declined Osgood’s invitation to a dinner at the Nautilus Club, now rescheduled for 24 February (12 Feb 75 to Osgood, n. 6). Aldrich and his wife sailed for Europe on 24 March, leaving their two young sons with relatives. They toured England, France, Italy, and Germany before returning home in October (Greenslet, 117–19; Lilian W. Aldrich, 161–62).



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MS, James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, California (CLjC).

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glyphglyphProvenance:glyphThe MS was owned by John L. Feldman in 1990; CLjC purchased it from Joseph Rubinfine in May 1990.