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Source: Mark Twain, Business Man. Edited by Samuel Charles Webster. Boston: Little, Brown and Co ([])

Cue: "Is not using"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2012

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To Charles L. Webster
23 September 1882 • Elmira, N.Y. (MTBus, p. 200, UCCL 02280)
Sept. 23/82
Dear CharleyⒶemendation—

Is not using my name in that way a kind of forgery, or obtaining money under false pretenses? And can it not be punished? If yes, go ahead. Ⓐemendation

Ys trulyⒶemendation
S. L. ClemensⒶemendation

Your Censor letter was very good indeed, as both your aunt Livy & I think. Osgood is back.

How much could I punish them? To what extent? Jail?—or several thousand dollars damages? Ask Mr. Whitford. Meantime I have a suit pending in Chicago which may cover the case of these Ogilvie bastards.

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MTBus, 200.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Dear Charley ● Dear Charley
Ⓐ If yes, go ahead. ● Crossed out: If yes, go ahead.
Ⓐ Ys truly ● Yr truly
Ⓐ S. L. Clemens ● S. L. Clemens
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