Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood & Company, [23 June 1881]

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Title: Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood & Company, [23 June 1881]
Date: June 23, 1881
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05047
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, 1961–1977), 232. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood & Company, [23 June 1881]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 05 January 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Specimen page rec'd 1—seems to me just about right. My copy will come in about 400 pages of it—perhaps a trifle more. Copy is all ready—Shall come on personally with it soon as you are prepared to begin the type-setting—Please make the arrangements, & write me forthwith.2

Notes

1. This is a draft letter, and is endorsed (by Whitman): "sent | June 23 '81." The date is also confirmed by an entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
2. The publishing house replied on June 25: "If you desire to personally oversee the beginning, (or all, if you prefer), shall be happy to see you at any time, & do our best to facilitate matters." [back]