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Source: Boston Transcript, ([])

Cue: "We have had a fire in the billiard-room this morning"

Source format: "Transcription"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

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Published on MTPO: 2025

Print Publication:

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18 March 1885 • Hartford, Conn. (Boston Transcript, 12 June 1885, p. 1: UCCL 03191)

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We have had a fire in the billiard-room this morning. The Babcock Extinguisher saved the house from destruction—a service which it has rendered us four times since we lived in Hartford. Be sure &emendation send me a box of ammunition for the extinguisher right away.

S. L. Clemensemendation
(Mark Twain.)

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Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

Boston Transcript, 12 June 1885, p. 1.

Previous Publication:

see source text.

Provenance:

The source says the letter was “to a friend,” but the request that he be sent “a box of ammunition for the extinguisher” suggests that it may in fact be to the company or to a friend who owned a hardware store.

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

Emendations and Textual Notes
 & ● and
 S. L. Clemens ● s. l. clemens
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