I should like the little Presidential canvass poem1 to go in the paper of Sunday Oct 26—I think that time would be opportune—Send me word (by note) if that suits you—& if so I will send it two or three days beforehand.
As I am writing to you I enclose the rec't for the Red Jacket bit2—
Walt WhitmanCorrespondent:
Talcott Williams
(1849–1928) was associated with the New York Sun
and World as well as the Springfield Republican before he became the editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1879. His newspaper vigorously defended Whitman
in news articles and editorials after the Boston censorship of 1882. For more
information about Williams, see Philip W. Leon, "Williams, Talcott (1849–1928)," Walt Whitman:
An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York:
Garland Publishing, 1998).