To
John W. Sanborn
24 January 1878 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript: Sanborn 1920, UCCL 10421)
24 January 1878 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript: Sanborn 1920, UCCL 10421)
Hartford, Jan. 24.
’Sh! DontⒶemendation say a word—let the others get “stuck.” I’ll tell you privately, to use a wet rag or brush—but let us leave the others to get into trouble with their fingers. Then they will abuse the Scrap Book everywhere, &Ⓐemendation straightway everybody will buy one to give to his enemy, &Ⓐemendation that will make a great sale for the inventor, who will go to Europe &Ⓐemendation have a good time.
Yours truly,
Mark
Twain.
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ
Dont ●
sic; SLC sometimes
styled contractions without apostrophes
Ⓐ
& ●
and
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& ●
and
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and
References
- Sanborn, John W. Distinguished Authors Whom I Have Known. Friendship, N.Y.: n.p. 1920
- 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
Transcript, Sanborn 1920, 8.