To George L. Fall
To James Redpath
27 June 1871 • (1st of 2) • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 00621)
To James Redpath
27 June 1871 • (1st of 2) • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 00621)
Elmira
Don’t be in any hurry about announcing the title of my lecture. Just say “To be announced.”2explanatory note
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
1
Fall, Clemens remembered, was temporarily away from the Boston Lyceum Bureau (15 June 71 to Redpath, n. 1click to open link).
References
- Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- SLC (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume 4: 1870–1871. Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. The Mark Twain Papers. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Also online at MTPO[bib32371]. 1995
- Clemens, Will M. “Mark Twain on the Lecture Platform.” Ainslee’s Magazine 6 (August): 25–32. 1900
- Horner, Charles F. The Life of James Redpath and the Development of the Modern Lyceum. New York: Barse and Hopkins. 1926
MS, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.
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.
The present location of the MS, owned by Axelrod in 1983, is not known.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.