thos. t. eckert, gen’l sup’t,
18
new york.
To
James Redpath
per Telegraph Operator
13 March 1874 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, copy received: Jacobs, UCCL 08722)
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blank no. 1. 863 the western union telegraph company. the rules of this company require that all messages received for transmission, shall be written on the message blanks of the company, under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message. william orton, pres’t, new york. 715 dated received at to 36 Bromfield St Oh thunder & lightning Cant You telegraph & ask him what hour 1 Clemens 12pd Lnx |
Hartford Ct
[telegram docketed:] boston lyceum bureau. james redpath. mar 13 1874 [and] Twain Mark | Mar 13. 1874
Explanatory Notes
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Clemens wished to know when Charles Kingsley would arrive to begin his 14
and 15 March visit to Hartford. Kingsley, who was lecturing under
Redpath’s management, was coming from Troy, New York (Frances
Eliza Grenfell Kingsley, 2:427).
Source text(s):MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS (the copy received, a telegram
blank filled out by the receiving telegraph operator), which was owned in 1984
by Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs, who provided a photocopy to the Mark Twain
Papers.
Previous publication:
L6, 73–74; John Anderson, Jr., lot 49, with omission; Anderson Auction Company 1910, lot 180, with omission.
