16 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (New York Tribune, 23 December 1881, UCCL 02089)
Dear Sir:Ⓐemendation Having already accepted an invitation to a dinner in celebration of the 261st anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, I am forced to decline the present one from sheer lack of storage room. And I do it with the sincerest regret, &Ⓐemendation also with some degree of rancor against the Pilgrims because they did not split up &Ⓐemendation land on different days; for if they knew anything at all, they must have known that they were getting up an anniversary, &Ⓐemendation that to cramp it rigidly down to a single date would be an inconvenience to people by-&-byⒶemendation.
With many thanks for the compliment of the committee’s invitation,Ⓐemendation
L. P. Hubbard, esq., secretary.Ⓐemendation
References
- 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
New York Tribune, 23 December 1881, 5.