To George S. Merrill
per Fanny C. Hesse
8 February 1877 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, signed by SLC: ViW, UCCL 04140)

slc/mt farmington avenue, hartford.

Geo S. Merrill Esqr

Dear Sir

I am very sorry that a number of engagements will prevent me from being present at the annual re-union of the Mass. [Press.] Association. Please present my thanks to the gentlemen of the Committee, for their courteous invitation, and my sincere regrets that I am not able to accept it.1

Very truly yours

Samℓ. L. Clemens

February 8th 1877

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1Major George S. Merrill (1837–1900) was the publisher of the Lawrence (Mass.) American, and president of the Massachusetts Press Association (Toomey 1892, 464).

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MS, signed by SLC, Robert Morton Hughes Collection, ViW.

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MicroPUL, reel 1.

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