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Katie E. S. Macdonald to Walt Whitman, 5 June 1880

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  • Title: Katie E. S. Macdonald to Walt Whitman, 5 June 1880
  • Date: June 5, 1880
  • Creator(s): Katie E. S. Macdonald
  • Whitman Archive ID: man.00030
  • Source: Charles Sixsmith Collection at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. 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: Eder Jaramillo Nima Najafi Kianfar Alicia Meyer Nicole Gray Stefan Schöberlein
  • Cite this page: Macdonald, Katie E. S.. "Katie E. S. Macdonald to Walt Whitman, 5 June 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 March 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: man.00030.xml (TEI)
 man_ej.00059_large.jpg Dear Sir

I am one of many in this country who look for different preaching & teaching from that of past generations, who thank you that you have led the van in a glorious charge against materialism & asceticism. It is high time that, with our boasted culture,  man_ej.00191_large.jpgwe should be simpler & truer than we are; that having learned of God from X (& from many others weaker than He but stronger than we) these many generations we should now be holier men & women than we are.

Will you send me a copy of your "Leaves of  man_ej.00192_large.jpgGrass" (I enclose P.O.O. for £1), address it to "Miss Macdonald, c/o Professor Blackie, Oban, Scotland" & oblige

yrs very heartily Katie E.S. Macdonald Altnacraig, Oban June 5: 80  man_ej.00061_large.jpg

I find it is not usual to enclose the receipt of the money order I have sent you. But you will find I have sent the money all right

KM
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