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

Cue: "I beg you will pardon this delay in acknowledging"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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To Arthur E. Bancroft
30 October 1873 • SS Batavia en route from
Liverpool, England, to New York, N.Y. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 12773)
cunard steam ship batavia
Dear Sir:

I beg you will pardon this daelay in acknowledging your courtesy—I was so hurried that I had to stop answering letters of all kinds. I thank you very much indeed, & when I return to England neext month I may possibly come to Cambridge, in the course of events—in which case I would be glad to enjoy the hospitality you have so kindly tendered.

Ys Truly
Sam. L. Clemens
                                     Mark Twain.
 Arthur E. Bancroft Esq.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

Newly published on MTPO, 2010.

Provenance:

The MS was purchased by Kimo Campbell from John Wilson of Cheltenham, England, in February 2001 and immediately donated to the Mark Twain Papers.

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