Explanatory Notes        Apparatus Notes (Ⓐ)

Source: Collection of Todd M. Axelrod, Gallery of History ([Axelrod])

Cue: "I think it will be 2 or"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: AB

MTPDocEd
To Unidentified
18 October 1872 • London, England (MS: Axelrod, UCCL 11320)
langham hotel, portland place, london. w.
                                       Oct. 18.
Sir:

I think it will be 2 or 3 weeks before I shall really know whether I can lecture in Great Britain or not.1explanatory note So I am obliged to be thus indefiniteⒶemendation in my reply. I certainly shall lecture about 8 or 10 times in this country if other & more necessary business shall permit.

Ys Truly
Samℓ. L. Clemens.
Textual Commentary
18 October 1872 • To Unidentified • London, England • UCCL 11320
Source text(s):

MS facsimile. The editors have not seen the MS, which was owned in 1985 by Todd M. Axelrod, who provided a photocopy to the Mark Twain Papers.

Previous Publication:

L5 , 197.

Explanatory Notes
1 

See 15 Sept 72 to OLCclick to open letter. Clemens’s plans were uncertain while he awaited a reply from Olivia to his letter of 12 October.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  indefinite •  indefinitee deletion of second ‘e’ implied by retracing of first
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