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Walt Whitman to Richard Watson Gilder, 9 December [1880]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Richard Watson Gilder, 9 December [1880]
  • Date: December 9, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: prc.00056
  • Source: The location of this manuscript is unknown. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 200. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Grace Thomas Eder Jaramillo Kevin McMullen Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Richard Watson Gilder, 9 December [1880]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 24 November 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: prc.00056.xml (TEI)
Camden N J​ 1 Dec:​ 9 Dear G:

Don't bother ab't​ that matter2—it is in hands that have already put it in fair train—You have my best sympathies—Am coming to New York​ before long, & shall notify you or call—

W. W.

Notes

  • 1. This letter bears the address: R W Gilder | Scribner's Magazine office | 743 Broadway | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | Dec | 10 | N.J.; D | 12–10 | 3 P. [back]
  • 2. For more on the Worthington matter (see the letter from Whitman to Gilder of November 26, 1880). [back]
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