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Walt Whitman to Theodore F. Dwight, 20 October 1866

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Theodore F. Dwight, 20 October 1866
  • Date: October 20, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: mas.00001
  • Source: Massachusetts Historical Society. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 289. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Vanessa Steinroetter Alyssa Olson
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Theodore F. Dwight, 20 October 1866." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: mas.00001.xml (TEI)
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, Oct. 20, 1866. Theo F. Dwight, | My dear Sir,

Your letter has come to hand, & I have to say in reply, that a new edition of "Leaves of Grass," just now out, includes "Drum Taps" & every thing else I have written down to the present time. Price $3. I publish & sell it myself—sending it from here, by mail.

Walt Whitman
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