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Source: Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History ([Axelrod])

Cue: "I am very sorry I cannot"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2023

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
19 December 1883 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 11346)
Htfd De 19/83
Dear Sir:

I am very sorry I cannot take a hand in trying to select the right & best motto, but I am too much pressed for time.

Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens

letter docketed: Mark Twain

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, collection of Todd M. Axelrod.

Previous Publication:

Sotheby’s catalog, 23 April 1986, lot 29 (misdated “1893”), partial transcription; MicroPUL, reel 2.

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