To a Member of the London Morayshire Club
per Charles Warren Stoddard
8 December 1873 • London, England
(MS: StElMCL, UCCL 09207)

Langham Hotel.
8th Dec 1873.

Dear Sir

Thanks for the tickets to the club dinner.1

I shall try to be 1 there about 10 P. M which is as early as I can get away from my Lecture.

Ys Truly

Samℓ.L. Clemens.

[letter docketed:] London 8th Decr 1873 | Mark Twain |Festival

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1 An unidentified member of the London Morayshire Club had sent Clemens tickets to its second anniversary festival on 11 December. The club carried out charitable enterprises to benefit the people of Moray, a county in northeast Scotland (“London Morayshire Club,” Elgin [Scotland] Courant, 16 Dec 73, no page).

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1 Clemens canceled Stoddard’s “try to” and retraced his “be,” possibly for emphasis. Clemens did in fact attend (11 and 12 Dec 73 to OLC).

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MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS, which is in the Technical and Leisure Services Department, The Moray Council, Elgin, Scotland (StElMCL).

Previous publication: L5, 496.