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Joaquin Miller to Walt Whitman, December 1877

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  • Title: Joaquin Miller to Walt Whitman, December 1877
  • Date: December 1877
  • Creator(s): Joaquin Miller
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03141
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Vince Moran Eder Jaramillo Grace Thomas Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Miller, Joaquin. "Joaquin Miller to Walt Whitman, December 1877." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 24 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03141.xml (TEI)
 loc.03141.001_large.jpg see notes Dec 2d 1888 Lapierre House Philad​ Friday My dear Poet.

I write you from NY asking you to be the chief figure in a box with Childs Dayton and self on the eve of the 24th inst at the opening of my play at the Walnut St. Theatre. I have not heard from you. My dear friend are you not well enough to come? Longfellow was ith​ me at Boston. Come and we will pet you to death. We all want so much to see you.

Yours Joaquin Miller  loc.03141.002.jpg  loc.03141.003.jpg  loc.03141.004.jpg from Joaquin Miller Dec '77
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