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Walt Whitman to Philp and Solomon, 7 January 1869

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Philp and Solomon, 7 January 1869
  • Date: January 7, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.01705
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1969), 292. 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 Philp and Solomon, 7 January 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office, Washington. Jan. 7, 1869. Messrs. Philp and Solomon:1 My friends:

I have to beg pardon for a sad mistake & piece of remissness—It seems that after I had put up "Pompeii" for return to you—it was taken away to his residence, by one of our bosses—in whose parlor I discovered it, a day or two since—& of course have seized upon, and send it back to you after a long absence, & I fear badly worn.

Walt Whitman

Notes

  • 1. Philp and Solomon were Washington booksellers. Perhaps the reference is to Bulwer-Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii. [back]
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