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Source: Genesee (Geneseo, N.Y.) Valley Herald, 1869.02.24 ([])

Cue: "And in a letter"

Source format: "Paraphrase"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 1998-03-31T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 1998-03-31 3rd of 3 letters; was 1869.02.22

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication: v3

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To the Young Men’s Association of Geneseo Academy
21–22 February 1869 • (3rd of 3) • Elmira, N.Y. (Paraphrase: Geneseo N.Y.
Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69, UCCL 11536)

And in a letter subsequently received he expresses himself as being exceedingly sorry that he had caused the disappointment, and desirous of lecturing before the people of Geneseo at a future date, which he fixed at March 1st, and which the Association accepted.1explanatory note


Textual Commentary
21 and 22 February 1869 • To the Young Men’s Association of Geneseo Academy • (3rd of 3) • Elmira, N.Y. • UCCL 11536
Source text(s):

Paraphrase, “Mark Twain’s Lecture,” Geneseo (N.Y.) Genesee Valley Herald, 24 Feb 69, 3, PH of newsprint in the History Research Office, County of Livingston, Geneseo, N.Y.

Previous Publication:

L3 , 111; see Copy-text; LaVigne, 6, paraphrase.

Provenance:

Clemens’s MS is not known to survive.

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

Explanatory Notes
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Clemens probably wrote this letter on the same day he sent the preceding telegram. Apparently in a later letter—written between 23 and 25 February, while he was in New York before and after lecturing in Trenton, New Jersey—he asked the Young Men’s Association to hold his mail until he arrived in Geneseo (see 2 Mar 69 to OLLclick to open link).

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