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Source: Western Carpetbagger: The Extraordinary Memoirs of “Senator” Thomas Fitch. Edited by Eric N. Moody. Reno: University of Nevada Press ([])

Cue: "Now try and"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 1998-04-07T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 1998-04-07 was 1870.07.**

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication: v4

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To Thomas Fitch
10? July 1870 • Elmira, N.Y. (Fitch 1903, UCCL 10553)

Now try &Ⓐemendation not put the audience to sleep, & don’t be the heedless cause of my first lie.1explanatory note

Textual Commentary
10? July 1870 · To Thomas Fitch · Elmira, N.Y. · UCCL 10553
Source text(s):

Fitch 1903.

Previous Publication:

L4 , 171; Fitch 1919 and Fitch 1978, 52.

Explanatory Notes
1 

Clemens probably enclosed an excerpt from, or copy of, the preceding letter to Redpath. Fitch’s 1870 lecture was a success (3 Dec 70 to Redpath, n. 2click to open link).

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