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21 May 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y.
(Will M. Clemens 1900, 27; AAA/Anderson 1935, lot 39, UCCL 00467)
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[Buffalo, ] [May 21. ]

[Dear Redpath: ]

[I mislaid the letter inquiring about Cambridge, N. Y., till this moment. It got mixed with my loose papers. ]

[They ] told me that the society I talked for was the leading [& ] favorite. They half burned down the hall at 7 [P.M. ] & yet at 8 had a full [house ], [though a mighty wet [& ] smoky one. It was a bad night, too.] 1

[Now this picture is “Something like”—it flatters me & that is what I have been trying to get, these many years. I have ordered 1500 copies. ] 2

[Yours ],

[Mark].

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1 See 14 Jan 70 to OLL.

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2 Although the enclosed carte de visite has not been found, it was identical (except for any inscription) with those sent to Paige on 20? May, to Bowen on 21? May, and to an unidentified person on 4 July.



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No copy-text. The text is based on two transcriptions, each of which derives independently from the manuscript.
P1 Will M. Clemens 1900, 27
P2 AAA/Anderson 1935, lot 39
P2 describes and misdates the MS as a ‘1-p. A. L. s. “Mark”, to Mr. Redpath, May 21 [1878].’

glyphglyphPrevious publication:glyph L4, 135.

glyphglyphProvenance:glyphThe MS had been tipped into volume 1 of The Innocents Abroad in one of 512 sets of the American Publishing Company’s Autograph Edition of the Writings of Mark Twain. The set, including the MS, was sold in 1935 as part of the library of Hannah M. Standish; its present location is not known.

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No copy-text. The text is based on two transcriptions, each of which derives independently from the manuscript.

P2 describes and misdates the MS as a ‘1-p. A. L. s. “Mark”, to Mr. Redpath, May 21 [1878].’


Buffalo, (C) • Buffalo (P1); [not in] (P2)

May 21. (C) • May 2, 1870. (P1); May 21 [1878] [reported, not quoted] (P2)

Dear Redpath: (C) • Dear Redpath: (P1); To Mr. Redpath [reported, not quoted] (P2)

I . . . papers. (P1) • [not in] (P2)

[] They (P1) • [no ¶] They (P2)

& (P2) • and [also at 136.6, 8] (P1)

P.M. (P2) • p. m. (P1)

house, (P1) • house‸ (P2)

though . . . too. (P1) • [not in] (P2)

& (C) • and (P1)

[] Now . . . copies. • [no ¶] Now . . . copies. (P1); [not in] (P2)

Yours, (P1) • [not in] (P2)

Mark. (C) • MARK. (P1); Mark (P2)