Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn ([CtHMTH])

Cue: "My time is"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2011-10-27T15:18:22

Revision History: AB | ldm 2011-10-27 identifiable by address

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication: v5

MTPDocEd
To W. A. Turner
3 November 1872 • London, England (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 00827)
The Langham Hotel,
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Dear Sir:1explanatory note

My time is so occupied that I cannot venture to trench upon it lie literarilyⒶemendation. Pray overlookⒶemendation my delay in answering—I have been away from the city.

Ys Truly
S. L. Clemens.

And please excuse the pencil—no ink in my room.

in ink: W. A. Turner Esq | The Laurels, Pendleton, | Manchester. postmarked: london • w 2 no 4 72 docketed in ink: Mark Twain | flourish

Textual Commentary
3 November 1872 • To W. A. Turner • London, England • UCCL 00827
Source text(s):

MS, Cyril Clemens Collection, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).

Previous Publication:

L5 , 212–213.

Provenance:

donated to CtHMTH in 1984 by Cyril Clemens.

More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Explanatory Notes
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Turner has not been identified.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  lie literarily ●  lieterarily
Ⓐ  overlook ●  over | look
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