27 June 1871 • (1st of 2) • Elmira, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 00620)
If convenient, leave out the added remarks to the lecture item—for the thisⒶemendation reason: I am writing wrote a new lecture to-day, & don’t care about having very much talk about the “Boy” one, inasmuch as I shall decide on the new one if I like it better. I somehow think I shall use the new one. You may say, if you choose that I have two new lectures—the Boy one & one entitled simply “D. —— “D. L. H.,” & that when I have dis decidedⒶemendation which one I like best I shall discard the other entirely.1explanatory note
in ink Orion Clemens Esq | 149 Asylum st | Hartford | Conn return address: if not delivered within 10 days to be returned to postmarked: elmira n.y. jun 27
The July American Publisher printed the following:
Mark Twain’s New Lecture.—We have the pleasure to announce that Mark Twain will lecture in New England during the ensuing fall, and later, in the Western States. The subject is not yet decided upon. He has two new lectures, one an appeal in behalf of boy’s rights, and one entitled simply “D. L. H.” When he has decided which he likes best, he will discard the other entirely. (OC 1871)
“D. L. H.” has not been explained.
MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).
L4 , 412–413.
see Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenance.
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