To
James Redpath
26 September 1871 • Buffalo, N.Y. ( MTL , 1:191, UCCL 00654)
26 September 1871 • Buffalo, N.Y. ( MTL , 1:191, UCCL 00654)
Buffalo, Sept. 26.Ⓐemendation
Dear Redpath—
We Ⓐemendationhave thought it all over &Ⓐemendation decided that we can’t possibly talk after Feb. 2.1explanatory note
We shall take up our residence in Hartford 6 days from now.Ⓐemendation
Yours
MarkⒶemendation.
Explanatory Notes
1
Clemens had originally agreed to speak only through the end of January 1872. His second wedding anniversary, 2 February 1872, was the date assigned to the Utica lecture, later canceled ( Lyceum 1871, 20; 15 Sept 71 to Redpath, n. 7click to open link).
References
- Paine, Albert Bigelow, ed. Mark Twain’s Letters. Edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. 2 vols. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1917
- 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
- Lyceum.. The Lyceum Magazine: Edited by the Boston Lyceum Bureau, and Containing Its Third Annual List. For the Season of 1871–1872. Boston: Redpath and Fall. 1871
MTL , 1:191. The rationale for emendations to remove MTL styling is given in Description of Texts.
L4 , 460–461.