To William S. Andrews
10 September 1873 • London, England
(MS: VtMiM, UCCL 00960)

London, Sept. 10.

My Dear Andrews:

I am moving about all the time; I haven’t the necessary documents with me, & so I can’t do [the] thing now, but I shall be back home plenty time enough for you—so [good-bye] till then.1

Ys

Clemens

W. S. Andrews Esq | Lotos Club | 2 Irving [Place] | [New York] [in upper left corner:] America. | [rule] [postmarked:] london • w 5 sp 11 73 [and] new york sep 22 paid all

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1 This letter may be a response to a request from Andrews for help in preparing for his upcoming appearance at Association Hall in New York City, on 24 November (“Amusements, etc., This Evening,” New York Tribune, 24 Nov 73, 4). Clemens planned to sail for home on 25 October.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont (VtMiM).

Previous publication: L5, 434–435.

Provenance:purchased from William F. Kelleher in March 1944.

Emendations and textual notes:

good-bye • good-|bye

Place • Plac[] [torn]

new york • ne [ ] [torn]