Unaddressed
January 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(Photo-engraving of MS correspondence card: CU-MARK,
UCCL 01062)
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Explanatory Notes
Hartford, Wednesday. Dear Sir: In reply I am obliged to say that I have quitted the platform permanently. With thanks for the
compliment of your invitation I am Truly Yours Mark Twain
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Mark Twain seems to have begun using this printed card in 1880 to decline lecture invitations. Three unsent cards, of which
this is one, are in the Mark Twain Papers (CU-MARK). The card
reads:
Source text(s):Photo-engraving of MS correspondence card, CU-MARK.
Previous publication:
MicroML, reel 4.
