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Source: New York Tribune, 1881.12.23 ([])

Cue: "Having already accepted"

Source format: "Transcript"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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To L. P. Hubbard
16 November 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (New York Tribune, 23 December 1881, UCCL 02089)

Dear Sir:emendation Having already accepted an invitation to a dinner in celebration of the 261st anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, I am forced to decline the present one from sheer lack of storage room. And I do it with the sincerest regret, &emendation also with some degree of rancor against the Pilgrims because they did not split up &emendation land on different days; for if they knew anything at all, they must have known that they were getting up an anniversary, &emendation that to cramp it rigidly down to a single date would be an inconvenience to people by-&-byemendation.

With many thanks for the compliment of the committee’s invitation,emendation

I am truly yours,
Mark Twain.emendation

L. P. Hubbard, esq., secretary.emendation

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New York Tribune, 23 December 1881, 5.

Emendations and Textual Notes
 Hartford, • Hartford,
 Dear Sir: • Dear Sir:
 & • and
 & • and
 & • and
 by-&-by • by-and-by
 invitation, • invitation.
 Mark Twain. • Mark Twain.
 Hubbard, esq., secretary. • Hubbard,esq., secretary.
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