The Walt Whitman Archive
Life & Letters
Correspondence
Letter from Harper's Weekly to Walt Whitman, 26 February 1863
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The Editor of Harpers Weekly begs to return the enclosed verses to Mr. Walt Whitman with his compliments and many thanks.1
Harpers Weekly
Feb 26, 1863
About the Text
The text presented here is derived from a digital image or microfilm reproduction of the original manuscript.
The manuscript of this letter, dated February 26, 1863, is held in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Notes
1. No record exists that enumerates which poems Whitman submitted to Harper's Weekly. Though he had published "Beat! Beat! Drums!" there in September 1861, he did not receive a personal reply to this submission. (Back)
Whitman Archive ID
loc.00856