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Source: R & R Enterprises Autograph Auctions (rrauctions.com), now RR Auctions, Boston North End, Mass., no. 367, lot 553 ([])

Cue: "Your proposition is received. In reply I am"

Source format: "MS facsimile"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2011-01-24T09:21:51

Revision History: VF | ldm 2011-01-24 new text

Published on MTPO: 2009

Print Publication: v4

MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
14 September ?1871 • Elmira, N.Y. (Sales catalog: William Doyle Galleries, 3 November 1999,
lot 20, UCCL 12094)
Dear Sir,Ⓐemendation

YourⒶemendation proposition is received. In reply I am obliged to say that my engagements are such that they debar me from accepting.


unknown amount of text and complimentary close missing


S L Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Sales catalog, William Doyle Galleries, 3 November 1999, lot 20.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 8. Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  Elmira, Sept. 14. ●  14 September, n.y., Elmira reported, not quoted
Ⓐ  Dear Sir, ●  To “Dear Sir,”
Ⓐ  [¶] Your ●  no

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 Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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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