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To Unidentified
per Samuel C. Thompson
11 July 1873 • London, England
(Stenographic draft: CU-MARK, UCCL 00950)

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[July 11th ].

Dear [Sir],

Will [Tuesday] evening [15th do]? And if so, at what hour should we be at the [Vic.] station?1 We were out of town, and did not get your note until last night.

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1 Neither the correspondent nor the occasion planned for 15 July has been identified.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

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

glyph Previous publication: L5, 415; N&J1, 564.

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

glyph Emendations and textual notes:

July 11 th • [longhand]

Sir • [longhand]

Tuesdy • [longhand]

15th do • [longhand]

Vic. • W Vic. [longhand]