To
William Dean Howells
13 October 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(Printed facsimile and MS, correspondence card: MH-H, UCCL 01840)
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Hartford, Wednesday.
Dear Sir:
In reply I am obliged to say that I have quitted the platform permanently. With thanks for the compliment of your invitation I am
Truly Yours
Mark Twain
13th
My Dear Howells—I expect to reach the Brunswick, in Boston, tomorrow about 6 p.m. (on this Grant reception matter in Hartford.) I go a day ahead of the rest, so as to see you & House. You’ll be likely to be in town Thursday—I want to see you.
Yrs Ever
Mark.
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MTHL, 1:329.
Provenance:See Howells Letters in Description of Provenance.
