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Last modified: 2001-11-19T00:00:00

Revision History: LS 2001-11-19 other sources. Was dated 4 Dec 1884 (in MTJournal) but SLC was not in Muskegon area till 14 Dec

MTPDocEd
To Andrew Chatto
14 December 1884 • Muskegon, Mich. (Clemens 1932, p. 24, and Clemens 1941, p. 2, UCCL 03045)
Muskegon, MichiganⒶemendation,
Dec.Ⓐemendation 1884.
Dear Mr. Chatto—

For the first time in many years I am on the Highway,Ⓐemendation i.e., the platform, giving readings from Huck FinnⒶemendation &Ⓐemendation other of my books, & am having a jolly good time. Tell me, shall I come over & try it in London in the Spring or Summer in a small hall somewhere in the West End?Ⓐemendation I am tempted to venture it. Would I drawⒶemendation do you think? Won’t you ask some of the knowing ones & drop me a line? Would the people come to hear me?

Truly yours,
Samuel L. ClemensⒶemendation.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

None. The text is based on two printed transcripts, each of which derives independently from the MS:

P1   Clemens 1932, 24.
P2   Clemens 1941, 2.
Emendations and Textual Notes

All variants between the source texts are reported here. The readings identified by the siglum ‘MTP’ are editorial emendations of the source readings made because none is deemed correct by itself.

Ⓐ  Muskegon, Michigan (#P2)  •  Michigan (#P1) 
Ⓐ  Dec. (#P1)  •  December 4,
Ⓐ  Highway, (#P2)  •  Highway (#P1) 
Ⓐ  Huck Finn (#MTP)  •  Huck Finn  (#P1)  “Huck Finn,” (#P2) 
Ⓐ  & •  and here and hereafter  (#P1, #P2) 
Ⓐ  End? (#MTP)  •  end? (#P1)  End. (#P2) 
Ⓐ  draw (#MTP)  •  ‘draw’ (#P1)  draw; (#P2) 
Ⓐ  Samuel L. Clemens (#P2)  •  Samuel L. Clemens  (#P1) 
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