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Walt Whitman to J. R. Osgood & Company, 23 May 1882

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to J. R. Osgood & Company, 23 May 1882
  • Date: May 23, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.00533
  • Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

    Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
  • Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schoeberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Eder Jaramillo Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to J. R. Osgood & Company, 23 May 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 March 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Copy

Received of James R Osgood & Co: one hundred ($100:) dollars in cash—and the plates, sheets, dies, &c. of "Leaves of Grass," in full of all claims for copyright or otherwise, as per our agreement of May 19 18821

W W

Camden N J May 23—1882

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Notes

  • 1. This is a draft receipt. It is endorsed (by Whitman): "Copy of rec't sent O & Co May 23 '82." [back]
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