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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "My brother only waiting for you to say when"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "telegram, copy received"

Notes:

Last modified: 2025-09-17T08:48:26

Revision History: Tehrani, Michelle | RHH 2025-09-17

Print Publication: v4

MTPDocEd
To Elisha Bliss, Jr.
per Telegraph Operator
17 November 1870 • Buffalo, N.Y. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine of copy received:
CU-MARK, UCCL 12765)
To E. Bliss Jr.Ⓐemendation
       149 Asylum st.

My brother only waiting for you to say when. Answer.Ⓐemendation Book progressing slowly    What date do you think it best to issue it?

Clemens
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Transcript of telegram by Albert Bigelow Paine, CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Provenance:

See Paine Transcripts in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  To E. Bliss Jr. ●  1870 | Telegram— | To E. Bliss Jr.
Ⓐ  Answer. ●  answer.

References

  1. University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
  2. 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
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