To
Unidentified
16 March 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: Joseph, UCCL 09756)
16 March 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: Joseph, UCCL 09756)
office “express” printing co.
in answer i am obliged to say that it will not be possible
for me to accept your kind invitation. i shall not be able to lecture again
during the present season. thanking you kindly for the compliment of your
invitation, i am
buffalo,
Mch. 16
1870.
dear sir:
yours truly,
agents:
boston lyceum bureau,
20 bromfield street,
boston.
sam’l
l. clemens.
[“mark twain.”]
P.S.—I replied this morning m by telegraph. I have not accepted an invitation (except one last night to help Mr. Nicholls read for the G.A.R.) since the 21st of Jan. I would like well to talk in Rochester, but must stick to present policy & decline. I am far behindhand with literary contracts that must be fulfilled.1explanatory note
Yrs Truly
Sam
ℓ. L. Clemens.
Explanatory Notes
1
Clemens had no pressing “contracts.” For Nichols, see p. 456 n. 2.
References
- Adler, Jacob. Claus Spreckels: The Sugar King in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 1966
- 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
- Merwin-Clayton. Collection of the Late Mr. George M. Elwood of Rochester, N. Y. Sale of 12–16 November. New York: Merwin-Clayton Sales Company. 1906
MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS, which is in the collection of Wayne M. Joseph.
L4 , 92; Merwin-Clayton, 1906, lot 1018, brief quotation.
The letter was part of the George M. Elwood Collection when it was offered for sale in 1906.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.