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Source: New York Public Library, Albert A. and Henry W. Berg Collection, New York ([NN-BGC])

Digitized images: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/663d2be0-c556-0130-a6d0-58d385a7bbd0

Cue: "No sir—can't"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

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To James B. Pond
15 October 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02595)
Dear Pond—

No sir—can’t go to Elmira.

Thank Geo W. for the suggestion about “lendin to de po’.”

Yrs
S L C

Gerhardt has gone to New York for a few days.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, in pencil, NN-BGC.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

References

  1. New York Public Library, Albert A. and Henry W. Berg Collection, New York
  2. 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
  3. Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
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