Walt Whitman to Andrew Rome and Thomas Rome, 15 March 1870

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Title: Walt Whitman to Andrew Rome and Thomas Rome, 15 March 1870
Date: March 15, 1870
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: har.00036
Source: Manuscripts Department, Houghton Library, Harvard University. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 94. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Andrew Rome and Thomas Rome, 15 March 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office, Washington. March 15, 1870. Andrew & Thom. Rome, Dear friends,1

I suppose the MS. of "Passage to India" came safe, last week—to be put in type as requested—with p. o. order for $10—I write now merely to ask you to read the proof carefully by copy—correct carefully—& then send me two proofs—put it through as soon as convenient.

Walt.

I have a piece in next Galaxy2—about three or four sticks full—about Spring—I wish you would just copy it in your paper & send me 10 copies—

Notes

1. The Romes were old Brooklyn friends. In their printing establishment Walt Whitman set up the first edition of Leaves of Grass. [back]
2. "A Warble for Lilac-Time" appeared in the Galaxy, 9 (May 1870), 686. For images of the poem as it appeared in the Galaxy, see "Warble for Lilac-Time." [back]