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Source: The James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, California. The collection of the Copley Library was sold in a series of auctions at Sotheby’s, New York, in 2010 and 2011 ([CLjC])

Cue: "Confound it, my Boston"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

Notes:

Last modified: 2000-06-01T00:00:00

Revision History: HES 2000-06-01 was Mn2

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To James R. Osgood
20 February 1875 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CLjC, UCCL 11540)
Hartford, Feb. 20.
My Dear Osgood:

Confound it, my Boston trip is knocked in the head. It would take so long to explain why, that I’ll not attempt it, but only send regrets, do some private cussing, & wish the dinner party a happy time & Aldrich & family godsend & a glorious tour.1explanatory note

Ys Ever
Mark.
Textual Commentary
20 February 1875 • To James R. Osgood • Hartford, Conn. • UCCL 11540
Source text(s):

MS, James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, California (CLjC).

Previous Publication:

L6 , 391–392.

Provenance:

The MS was owned by John L. Feldman in 1990; CLjC purchased it from Joseph Rubinfine in May 1990.

Explanatory Notes
1 

Clemens again declined Osgood’s invitation to a dinner at the Nautilus Club, now rescheduled for 24 February (12 Feb 75 to Osgood, n. 6click to open letter). Aldrich and his wife sailed for Europe on 24 March, leaving their two young sons with relatives. They toured England, France, Italy, and Germany before returning home in October (Greenslet, 117–19; Lilian W. Aldrich, 161–62).

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