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Source: New York Herald, ([])

Cue: "I do not know that I can be there in the body"

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To the West Point Hop Managers
1 June 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (New York Herald, 4 June 1882, 9: UCCL 13706)
HartfordⒶemendation, Conn., June 1, 1882.
To the Hop ManagersⒶemendation:—

I do not know that I can be there in the body, but I shall be there in spirit anyway—&Ⓐemendation that is an advantage, because I can dance better in the spirit than I can in the body; though perhaps I am at my best when the two are combined &Ⓐemendation I have the spirit in the body, provided it is the right kind of spirit & Ⓐemendationa good deal of it. With many thanks, I am, truly yours,

S. L. ClemensⒶemendation.
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Source text(s):

“West Point Examination,” New York Herald, 4 June 1882, 9.

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Ⓐ To the Hop Managers ● To the Hop Managers
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Ⓐ Clemens ● CLEMENS
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