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Add to My Citations To the Young Men’s Association of Geneseo Academy,
per Telegraph Operator
21–22 February 1869 • (2nd of 3) • Elmira, N. Y.
(Paraphrase: Geneseo [N.Y.] Genesee Valley Herald,
24 Feb 69, UCCL 05164)
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In answer to a telegram, inquiring if he should be advertised immediately, he says: “Advertise liberally and without fear.”1


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1 Since it seems naive of the Young Men’s Association to ask whether to advertise “immediately” a lecture date that Clemens had just confirmed for seven days hence, the possibility remains that he may have sent only one telegram, on Sunday (21 February) or Monday (22 February), in which he both confirmed the date and answered their question about advertising. On the other hand, these young sponsors certainly were naive, and Clemens himself was being both apologetic and, by his own admission, somewhat muddled. He wrote to Olivia on 2 March that he had been “so bewitched” by her from 19 to 22 February that he “could think of nothing connectedly & collectedly but you.”



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Paraphrase, “Mark Twain’s Lecture,” Geneseo (N.Y.) Genessee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69, 3, PH of newsprint in the History Research Office, County of Livingston, Geneseo, N.Y.

glyphglyphPrevious publication:glyph L3, 110–111; see Copy-text; LaVigne, 6, paraphrase.

glyphglyphProvenance:glyphThe original telegram is not known to survive.