To
Charles T. Parsloe, Jr.
per Telegraph Operator
7 May 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(Washington National Republican, 8 May 1877, UCCL 01428)
(SUPERSEDED)
[Hartford, Conn.], May 7, 1877.
[Chas. T. Parsloe, National Theatre, Washington, D.C.:]
Have been laid up several days, [&] am still on sick list. I had two speeches cut [&] dried in case I was at opening—one to bewail a failure, the other to glorify a success. Let me know [to-morrow] which one I would have had to use. Better to put it to vote from the stage.
Textual Commentary
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MTB, 2:589.
Emendations and textual notes:
Hartford, Conn. • Hartford, Conn.
Chas. T. Parsloe, National Theatre, Washington, D.C.: • Chas. T. Parsloe, National Theatre, Washington, D.C.:
& • and
& • and
to-morrow • to-|morrow
S. L. Clemens. • S. L. Clemens.
