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D. L. Proudfit to Walt Whitman, 14 March 1883

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  • Title: D. L. Proudfit to Walt Whitman, 14 March 1883
  • Date: March 14, 1883
  • Creator(s): D. L. Proudfit
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05906
  • 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: Natalie O'Neal Alex Kinnaman Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Proudfit, D. L.. "D. L. Proudfit to Walt Whitman, 14 March 1883." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 March 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05906.xml (TEI)
 loc_nhg.00207.jpg LITHOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT1  
 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY American Bank Note Company, National Bank Note Company, Continental Bank Note Company,  
 Consolidated. RAILROAD TICKET AND TYPE DEPARTMENT 53 BROADWAY. P.O. BOX. 781. Address All Communications to the Company. New York, March 14, 1883 My Dear Mr Whitman

Enclosed please find CK​ for $12. Please send me at your convenience four copies  loc_nhg.00206.jpg  loc_jp.00026_large.jpg of L of G​ . Think I can dispose of orders still & wonder I never thought of it before. Do you remember the graceful willowy reader we heard together—bird-like & feather-like? She is fat.

Yours truly D. L. Proudfit  loc_jp.00025_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. This letter has been cut into pieces, and Whitman wrote prose notes on the back of each of the letter fragments. [back]
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