Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 9 March [1883]

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Title: Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 9 March [1883]
Date: March 9, 1883
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00479
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), 330. 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, 9 March [1883]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Camden1 March 9 P M

The publisher says he will hand me the proofs of your Introductory Letter, in a day or two, to send you2—very likely Sunday nights mail from here—if not Monday night—I am well as usual—

W. W.

Notes

1. This letter is endorsed: "Walt Whitman | Answ'd March 10/83." It is addressed: Wm D O'Connor | Life Saving Service | Treasury | Washington D C. It is postmarked: (?) | Mar | 9 | 5 PM | (?); Washington, Recd. | Mar | 10 | 4 30 AM | (?). [back]
2. On March 6 Richard Maurice Bucke's manuscript was "in the hands of the printers—Sherman & Co: Phila." Three days later Whitman sent galleys to Bucke, who, on March 12, acknowledged receipt of them (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]