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Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 10 September 1866

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 10 September 1866
  • Date: September 10, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00216
  • Source: Oscar Lion Papers, 1914–1955, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 286. 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 Kathryn Kruger Vanessa Steinroetter Alyssa Olson
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 10 September 1866." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nyp.00216.xml (TEI)
New York, Sept. 10, 1866. Dear Andy,1

I rec'd your letter last Saturday—I intended to return day after to-morrow, but shall not be able to, till the last of the week, or the early part of next week. The reason is that my book, which is a little more than half done, does not get along as fast as the printers agreed—& if I do not stay & finish it, (the supervision of it,) it will be botched & full of blunders.

I am in good health & all goes well. Andy, dear boy, I hope my delay of a few days will not put you out—Write to me, & tell me about the office, & my friends there. Don't forward any letters that come after Friday next, but put them in my drawer. Once more—I send my love to you & all.

Walt

Notes

  • 1. Andrew Kerr was, according to the 1866 Directory, a clerk in the Attorney General's office. [back]
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