Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 6 February 1883

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Title: Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 6 February 1883
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: owu.00053
Source: The Bayley-Whitman Collection, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 6 February 1883." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 31 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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owu.00009.001_large.jpg Camden Feb 6 '83

Yours with the $15 (13) just rec'd 1—thanks—yes, I want some copies of last Critic—if convenient send me six copies—

Walt Whitman

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Correspondent:
Jeannette Leonard Gilder (1849–1916) helped her brother, Richard Watson Gilder (1844–1909), edit Scribner's Monthly and then, with another brother, Joseph Benson Gilder (1858–1936), co-edited the Critic (which she co-founded in 1881). For more, see Susan L. Roberson, "Gilder, Jeannette L. (1849–1916)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).

Notes

1. Payment for "The Bible as Poetry" (see the letter from Whitman to the Gilders of January 25, 1883). The editors deducted $2 for the offprints which Whitman requested. [back]