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Bret Harte to Walt Whitman, 13 April 1870

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  • Title: Bret Harte to Walt Whitman, 13 April 1870
  • Date: April 13, 1870
  • Creator(s): Francis Bret Harte
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.02301
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, 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.
  • Cite this page: Harte, Francis Bret. "Bret Harte to Walt Whitman, 13 April 1870." 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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 loc.02301.001.jpg ROOMS OF The Overland Monthly San Francisco. Apl 13th 1870 My dear sir,

I fear that the "Passage to India" is a poem too long and too abstract for the hasty and material minded readers of the O. M..

With many thanks, I am Your obt​ svtservant F. Bret Harte Ed. O. M. Mr. Walt Whitman Washington D.C.  loc.02301.002.jpg  loc.02301.003.jpg  loc.02301.004.jpg
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