Cleveland, Nov. 18.
Congratulate me, my often remembered friends—for lo, the child is born! It was most flatteringly received—1200 applausive & appreciative people present. I have dropped a note to the S. & K., Yale College, inclosing [the ]paragraphs. I speak in Pittsburgh tomorrow & Elmira 23d. Love to you both. Good-bye. Yrs
Alf Always—
Mark.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
L2, 282.
Provenance:It is not known when Twichell’s papers were deposited at Yale,
although it is likely that he bequeathed them to the university upon his
death in 1918. He was a trustee of the Yale Corporation for thirty-nine
years (1874–1913); Yale gave him an honorary M.A. in 1886, and
made him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1913; and at least one of his
sons (Joseph Hooker Twichell, who was on the football team) attended Yale
(Strong, 162).
Emendations and textual notes:
J T.‸ ’s. ‸— • [‘T’ over partly formed ‘J’; possibly ‘T.—‸ ’s. ‸’]
the • [the] [torn]
