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

Cue: "In reply I am obliged to say that I have quitted"

Source format: "Photo-engraving of MS correspondence card"

Letter type: "correspondence card"

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Last modified:

Revision History: RHH 2002-10-29 was 1874.03.11 circa

Published on MTPO: 2009

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
Unaddressed
January 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (Photo-engraving of MS correspondence card: CU-MARK,
UCCL 01062)
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Source text(s):

Photo-engraving of MS correspondence card, CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

MicroML, reel 4.

Explanatory Notes
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Mark Twain seems to have begun using this printed card in 1880 to decline lecture invitations. Three unsent cards, of which this is one, are in the Mark Twain Papers (CU-MARK). The card reads:

Hartford, Wednesday.

Dear Sir:

In reply I am obliged to say that I have quitted the platform permanently. With thanks for the compliment of your invitation I am

Truly Yours

Mark Twain

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