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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "I make a"

Source format: "MS, draft"

Letter type: "draft"

Notes:

Last modified: 2005-08-02T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 2005-08-02 on Dawson May 19; was formerly listed under "Lorne, marquis of"; was 19 May

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To John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (Lord Lorne)
20 May 1883 • 1st of 2 (MS, draft telegram, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 02389)

I make a world of apologies. Your lordship’s invitation reached me at second hand through the telephone and was apparently a second one from Mr. Dawson. , & so I sent my reply to him. Upon sending a messenger to the telegraph office last night the mistake was is now discovered.

Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, draft telegram, in pencil, CU-MARK. Clemens drafted this telegram on the back of a telegram he received from Samuel E. Dawson, 19 May 1883, CU-MARK, UCLC 41555.

Previous Publication:

MicroML, reel 5.

Provenance:

see Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open letter.

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