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James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 12 May 1881

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  • Title: James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 12 May 1881
  • Date: May 12, 1881
  • Creator(s): James R. Osgood
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05156
  • Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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: Stefan Schöberlein Blake Bronson-Bartlett Nicole Gray Elizabeth Lorang
  • Cite this page: Osgood, James R.. "James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 12 May 1881." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 loc_nk.00264_large.jpg JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers. 
  211 TREMONT STREET. Boston, May 12 1881. Dear W Whitman

Your letter of May 8 reached here during my absence.

Please send on the copy as soon as you can and we will make careful estimate as to its size, style etc. and give you our views. So far as I understand it, this proposed new edition will supersede all other previously published volumes—am I correct? And please tell me if the plates of the  loc_nk.00266_large.jpg  loc_nk.00265_large.jpgoriginal "Leaves of Grass" as published by Thayer and Eldredge​ so many years ago are still in existence.

I am sorry I was absent from Boston during your visit: I should have been glad to renew the acquaintance I had with you in the old Pfaff days.

Yours truly James R. Osgood Walt Whitman Esq  loc_nk.00267_large.jpg  loc_nk.00244_large.jpg May 12 '81  loc_nk.00245_large.jpg
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