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Source: University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill ([ICU])

Cue: "In answer I"

Source format: "MS facsimile, form letter"

Letter type: "form letter"

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MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
13 February 1871 • Buffalo, N.Y. (MS: ICU, UCCL 00574)
office “express” printing co.
buffalo, Feb. 13 1870 1 .
dear sir:
in answer i am obliged to say that it will not be possible for me to accept your kind invitation. i shall not be able to lecture again during the present season. thanking you kindly for the compliment of your invitation, i am
yours truly,
sam’l l. clemens.
                                           [“mark twain.”]
agents: boston lyceum bureau, 20 bromfield street, boston.

P. S. Am sorry to say that I am clear out of the lecture field, & neither riches nor glory can tempt me!

Yrs Truly
S. L. Clemens
Textual Commentary
13 February 1871 • To Unidentified • Buffalo, N.Y. • UCCL 00574
Source text(s):

MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS, which is at the University of Chicago Library (ICU).

Previous Publication:

L4 , 330.

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