Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif ([CSmH])

Cue: "Don't worry—I'm"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: AB

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication: v2

MTPDocEd
To Mary Mason Fairbanks
31 October 1868 • New York, N.Y. (MS: CSmH, UCCL 02761)
Everett House,
New York, Oct. 31.Ⓐemendation
Dear Mother—

Don’t worry—I’m all right. I’ll be in Cleveland Nov. 8—lecture there Nov. 17—so you can get ready to scratch. I’ll expunge every word you want scratched out, cheerfully.1explanatory note Love to all. (In a great hurry,)

Your CubⒶemendation
MarkⒶemendation.

P.S.—I Some few castles in Spain going up. I wrote an awful letter—but followed with another that set it all right. The answer was satisfactory to the subscriber.2explanatory note

Mark.

Textual Commentary
31 October 1868 • To Mary Mason Fairbanks • New York, N.Y. • UCCL 02761
Source text(s):

MS, Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. (CSmH, call no. HM 14235).

Previous Publication:

L2 , 277; MTMF , 47.

Provenance:

see Huntington Library, p. 512.

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

Explanatory Notes
1 

See 12 Oct 68 to Fairbanksclick to open link.

2 

See 4–5 Oct 68 to OLL, n. 1.click to open link

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ Everett . . . 31. ● a vertical brace spans the right margin of the place and date lines
Ⓐ  Cub ●  Cub Cub corrected miswriting
Ⓐ  Mark ●  M Mark ‘M’ partly formed; corrected miswriting
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