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Walt Whitman to Reverend Minot Judson Savage, 4 November 1880

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Reverend Minot Judson Savage, 4 November 1880
  • Date: November 4, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00673
  • Source: The location of the original manuscript is unknown. Genoways's transcription is drawn from a facsimile in the catalog of Charles Hamilton Auction, October 18, 1979. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Ted Genoways (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004), 60. 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 Kirsten Clawson Nima Najafi Kianfar Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Reverend Minot Judson Savage, 4 November 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00673.xml (TEI)
Camden New Jersey Nov:​ 4 '80

Yours1 rec'd​ with enc:​ —thanks—I forward my two Vols:​ to-day by mail, same address as this card—Will you please send me a postal soon as they reach you safely notifying me?

Walt Whitman

Notes

  • 1. Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918) was a Congregational minister in his early years, but when he found himself deeply influenced by the theories of evolution, he decided to become a Unitarian. He published such works as The Problem Attempted to be Solved by the Trinity and Science and the Church. See also Daybooks and Notebooks, ed. William White (New York: New York University Press, 1977) 1:209. [back]
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