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Source: Moray Council, Libraries and Information Services, Elgin, Scotland [formerly Uk6, UkElgM] ([StElMCL])

Cue: "Thanks for the"

Source format: "MS facsimile"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 1998-04-10T00:00:00

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Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication: v5

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To a Member of the London Morayshire Club
per Charles Warren Stoddard
8 December 1873 • London, England (MS: StElMCL, UCCL 09207)
Langham Hotel.
                                         8th Dec 1873.
Dear Sir

Thanks for the tickets to the club dinner.1explanatory note

I shall try to be 1explanatory note there about 10 P. M which is as early as I can get away from my Lecture.

Ys Truly
Samℓ.L. Clemens.

letter docketed: London 8th Decr 1873 | Mark Twain | Festival

Textual Commentary
8 December 1873 • To a Member of the London Morayshire Club , per Charles Warren Stoddard • London, England • UCCL 09207
Source text(s):

MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS, which is in the Technical and Leisure Services Department, The Moray Council, Elgin, Scotland (StElMCL).

Previous Publication:

L5 , 496.

Explanatory Notes
1 

An unidentified member of the London Morayshire Club had sent Clemens tickets to its second anniversary festival on 11 December. The club carried out charitable enterprises to benefit the people of Moray, a county in northeast Scotland (“London Morayshire Club,” Elgin [Scotland] Courant, 16 Dec 73, no page).

1 

Clemens canceled Stoddard’s “try to” and retraced his “be,” possibly for emphasis. Clemens did in fact attend (11 and 12 Dec 73 to OLCclick to open link).

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