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Source: New York Public Library, Albert A. and Henry W. Berg Collection, New York ([NN-BGC])

Cue: "I don't like that 3d day program at all"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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Published on MTPO: 2025

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MTPDocEd
To James B. Pond
1 November 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 13329)
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Nov. 1
Dear Pond—

I don’t like that 3rd day program at all. Please changeⒶemendation it partly, maki so that it will stand as follows:

1. Cable                           15 m.

2. A Reminiscence of Artemus Ward.

Mark TwainⒶemendation       —15 m.

3. Cable                           30 or 40 m.

Twain                           45 or 50 mins.

4. The Captain solves explains a difficult point

5. The College Student Sailor

6. Why I resigned the Editorship.Ⓐemendation

Ys Truly
Mark.

Carriages at 10.

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1st Day.

1. King Sollermun

2.Ⓐemendation

3. Why doan’ Frenchman &c

4. Tragic Tale of the Fishwife.

5. Ghost Story.Ⓐemendation


6. A Trying Situation.                     30 min.

2d Day.

1. Telephone-Talk.

2. a. Col. Sellers in a New Role.

3. b. “     “     “     “     “Ⓐemendation           30 or 35 min.Ⓐemendation

4. A Dazzling Achievement.                   30 m.

3d Day.

remainder clipped

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4th Day.

1. (First piece—30 m long.) Tom Canty as King.

2. My Duel.

3. Digging for the Facts.

4. Ghost Story.Ⓐemendation                           30 or 35 min.Ⓐemendation

5th Day.

1. Henry VIII. (from Huck Finn.)

2. European Guides.

3. Bret Harte’s

3. The way Bret Harte Ⓐemendation

3. A Thrilling Episode.Ⓐemendation                     say 30 min Ⓐemendation

——

4. Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, in pencil, NN-BGC. Images courtesy of NYPL Digital Collections.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ change ● change change
Ⓐ 2. A Reminiscence . . . Mark Twain ● a curly bracket appears to the right of these two lines
Ⓐ Twain . . . Editorship. ● ‘Twain’ is in the margin on the left of these three items, the items are enclosed in curly brackets, and ‘45 or 50 mins.’ has been written in the margin to the right of them
Ⓐ 1. King . . . 2. ● both item numbers are squeezed in to the left of ‘King’
Ⓐ 1. King . . . Story. ● a curly bracket appears to the right of these items
Ⓐ 1. Telephone-Talk. . . . “ ● a square bracket appears to the right of these items
Ⓐ 30 or 35 min. ● in the margin to the right of the three preceding item
Ⓐ 2. My Duel. . . . Story. ● a square bracket appears to the right of these items
Ⓐ 30 or 35 min. ● in the margin to the right of the three preceding items
Ⓐ  3. Bret . . . Harte  ●  canceled individually, circled, and canceled with a wavy line through both items
Ⓐ 1. Henry . . . Episode. ● a curving line appears to the right of these items, including the canceled items
Ⓐ say 30 min  ● in the margin to the right of the preceding items, including the canceled items
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