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Source: Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History ([Axelrod])

Cue: "I am most"

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 Neil Burgess
28 October 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 10564)
My Dear Mr. Burgess:

I am most heartily sorry, but my wife & I are booked for a social engagement, & thus are euchred out of the pleasure which you have so kindly offer[e]d us. With my best thanks, I am

Truly Yours
Mark Twain
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, collection of Todd Axelrod.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

References

  1. 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
  2. Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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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