To
William A. Moffett
per Telegraph Operator
15 June 1858 • Memphis, Tenn. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 00015)
per Telegraph Operator
15 June 1858 • Memphis, Tenn. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 00015)
illinois & mississippi telegraph company
caton lines.
St Louis June 16 185 8 by telegraph from Memphis 15 185 to W A Moffett 168 Locust st
caton lines.
St Louis June 16 185 8 by telegraph from Memphis 15 185 to W A Moffett 168 Locust st
Henrys recovery is very doubtful 1explanatory note
Samℓ Clements
canceled in pencil:
5 w Ⓐemendationa • 50 & 110 Col 2explanatory note
Explanatory Notes
1
Henry Clemens was severely injured in the explosion of three or four of the Pennsylvania’s boilers at about 6:00 a.m. on 13 June 1858. He was brought to Memphis, about sixty miles upriver, with many of the other victims.
2
That is, five words at $.50 each, plus $1.10, collect. The line was canceled, presumably as a form of receipt, upon delivery and payment.
Emendations and Textual Notes
MS telegram blank filled out in the hand of a telegraph operator and presumably received by William Moffett, Moffett Collection, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).
L1 , 80.
see Moffett Collection, p. 462.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.