To George L. Fall
To James Redpath
27 June 1871 • (1st of 2) • Elmira, N.Y.
(MS: Axelrod, UCCL 00621)

Elmira

Dr. F 1 Redpath—

Don’t be in any hurry about announcing the title of my lecture. Just say “To be announced.”2

Because, I wrote a new lecture to-day, entitled simply “D. L. H.” During the month of July I’ll decide which I like best—& that one only will I use.

Ys

Mark.

[letter docketed:] boston lyceum bureau. redpath & fall. jun 29 1871 [and] L [and] Twain Mark | Elmira N.Y. | June 29 ’71

Explanatory Notes

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1 Fall, Clemens remembered, was temporarily away from the Boston Lyceum Bureau (15 June 71 to Redpath, n. 1).

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2 See 15 June 71 to Redpath, n. 2, and 7–8 July 71 to Redpath.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.

Previous publication: L4, 413–414; Will M. Clemens 1900, 28; Horner, 166–67, with omission; “Letters to James Redpath,” Mark Twain Quarterly 5 (Winter-Spring 1942): 20.

Provenance:The present location of the MS, owned by Axelrod in 1983, is not known.