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Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Printer, 25 November 1868

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Printer, 25 November 1868
  • Date: November 25, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00414
  • Source: The location of the original manuscript is unknown. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, Volume VI: A Supplement with a Composite Index, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 6. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Printer, 25 November 1868." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00414.xml (TEI)
November 25, 1868 1

It suits me first rate the way you have set it up—print 20 copies—give me good clear impressions.2

Notes

  • 1. Transcription derived from Merwin-Clayton Sales Company catalogue, January 12, 1906. [back]
  • 2. On November 30, 1868, Walt Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my own convenience, and to ensure greater correctness." He asked Emerson to take the poem to James T. Fields, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, who promptly accepted it and published it in February 1869. [back]
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