14 and 15 October 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: CtHMTH, UCCL 03007)
I am obliged to decline, for the reasons I mentioned to you. I am sorry to have to give it up, for my sympathies are all with the independent movement, & are strongly engaged.
P. S. Over.
I could not send my answer during to-day, 2 or 3 words, within parentheses, inserted and then canceled because we still had our guests with us.
Thursday, P.M.1explanatory note I have kept this back, with a hope; but it isn’t any use; I see I can’t get a moment to myself.
Don’t forget to have Mr. Twichell’s name on your list.
T. W. Russell, Esq | City return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days. postmarked: hartford conn. oct 15 84 8 30 pm
References
- Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn.
- 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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, in pencil, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL, reel 2.