Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 July 1882

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Title: Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 July 1882
Date: July 6, 1882
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00458
Source: The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 295–296. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 July 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Rees Welsh & Co.,
. . .
Philadelphia,1 July 6 1882 My dear friend

If entirely convenient I wish you would find out whether there has been any consideration of the question of sending Leaves of Grass through the mails, and decision thereon, at the P O Department—& send me word at once—I am well as usual—

Walt Whitman

direct to me at Camden N J—

Notes

1. This letter is endorsed: "Walt Whitman | Answ'd July 7/82." It is addressed: Wm D O'Connor | Life Saving Service Bureau | Washington | D C. It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Jul | 6 | 6 PM | Pa.; Washington, D.C. | Jul | 7 | 5 AM | 1882 | Recd. [back]