To Alice Dinsmoor
30 October 1881 or after • Hartford, Conn. (MS, holograph facsimile correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01694)
30 October 1881 or after • Hartford, Conn. (MS, holograph facsimile correspondence card: NPV, UCCL 01694)
Hartford, Wednesday.
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.
Emendations and Textual Notes
References
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
- 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
MS, Autograph Collection, NPV.