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To R. Cowley-Squier
per Samuel C. Thompson
25 June 1873 • (2nd of 2) • London, England
(Stenographic draft: CU-MARK, UCCL 00933)
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[ Langhan ] hotel ‸London‸
em spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem spaceem space [Jne 25th ]

Dear sir,
em spaceem spaceem space Dear [ Watterson, ]
em spaceem spaceDear sir,

You are under a [misaprehns], [I have ]not called at the [Examiner office];1 but all [of ]have said in your note— should go very well. Very truly,

[R. Cowley-Squier ]

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1 The London Examiner was a radical weekly launched in 1808 by John and Leigh Hunt. Its “political section gave great support to reform and was a frequent critic of the Prince of Wales” (Griffiths, 236).



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Dictation recorded by Samuel C. Thompson in his stenographic notebook, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).

glyphglyphPrevious publication:glyph L5, 389; N&J1, 546.

glyphglyphProvenance:glyphThompson’s notebook was purchased by CU-MARK in 1958 from Dawson’s Book Shop (Los Angeles).

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Langhan • [longhand]

Jne 25th • [longhand]

Watterson • [longhand]

misaprehns • [longhand]

I have • I have I have [shorthand; corrected miswriting]

Examiner office • [longhand]

of • [shorthand; possibly ‘that’]

R. Cowley-Squier • R. Cowley-S ‸-Squier‸ | [longhand]