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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
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]