Thayer & Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 15 October 1860

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Title: Thayer & Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 15 October 1860
Date: October 15, 1860
Creator(s): Thayer & Eldridge
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00580
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loc.00580.001.jpg Boston Oct 15, 1860 Dear Walt,

Your favor is at hand. We1 cannot let you have the amount you name or any amount for the present2. This is our final answer for the time being.

Yours Truly Thayer & Eldridge

1. Thayer and Eldridge was the Boston publishing firm responsible for the third edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860). For more on Whitman's relationship with Thayer and Eldridge see "Thayer, William Wilde (1829–1896) and Charles W. Eldridge (1837–1903)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings [New York: Garland Publishing, 1998]). [back]
2. Whitman had requested an advance check for his proposed volume of poetry The Banner At Day-Break, but Thayer and Eldridge's dire financial situation prevented them from honoring Whitman's request. [back]