gershom b. hubbell, sup’t,
4
f. w. russell, pres’t, hartford, conn.j. a. smith, jr.,
sec’y,hartford.1
To
Mary E. (Mollie) Clemens
per Telegraph Operator
5 August 1872 • Saybrook Point, Conn.
(MS, copy received: CU-MARK, UCCL 00785)
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blank no. i connecticut river telegraph company.
the rules of this company require that all messages
received for trans-
dated
received at
to
Cor. Forest & Hawthorn sts. Send carriage to depot about ten [10 ] this morning.2 S. L. Clemens s |
Mrs Orion | Cor Forest & [Hawthorn ] | no. 4 | charges. 30 & 25 Dly [return address:] western union telegraph[co]. | william orton, [pres’t. ]
Explanatory Notes | Textual Commentary
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Hubbell, Russell, and Smith were directors as well as officers of the
Connecticut River Telegraph Company, founded in 1867 (Geer 1872, 290).
Source text(s):MS, copy received, telegram blank filled out by the receiving telegraph
operator, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley (CU-MARK).
Previous publication:
L5, 137–138.
Provenance:see Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
10 • [circled by the telegraph operator]
collect • [partly circled by the telegraph operator]
Hawthorn •
Haw[t
]
[torn]
co.
•
c
[]
[torn]
pres’t.
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