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Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 23 April [1876]

I have to-day sent by mail my new Vol. Two Rivulets to T. C. S. and E. J. S. M.2 (the Scotch l's) 1 Alva st, Edinburgh—

W.W.

have not yet sent any express parcel to London—


Notes

  • 1.

    This letter's envelope bears the address, "Wm M Rossetti | 56 Euston Sq | London | n w | England." It is postmarked: "Camden | Apr | 23 | N.J.; Philadelphia | Apr | 24 | (?); London N W | C 7 | Paid | My 8 | 76."

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  • 2. On March 30, 1876, Thérèse C. Simpson and Elizabeth J. Scott Moncrieff sent orders for books through William Michael Rossetti. Whitman sent Two Rivulets on April 23, 1876, and Leaves of Grass on June 12, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
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