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Walt Whitman to Ainsworth R. Spofford, [September(?) 1881]

My dear Mr Spofford1

If convenient won't you inform me soon as possible by letter here, of the dates of my copyrights on Leaves of Grass—I think they were in 1856, 1860, 1866 (or 7) and in 1876—but want to know exactly

Walt Whitman

If you have a printed slip or abstract of the copyright laws, please enclose that also.

address me Boston care Osgood & Co:​ 211 Tremont Street


Notes

  • 1. This is a draft of a letter sent to the Librarian of Congress during Whitman's Boston stay. See also Whitman's draft of a later letter to Spofford, written around August 1, 1882. [back]
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