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Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. Gilder, 9 August [1881]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. Gilder, 9 August [1881]
  • Date: August 9, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: prc.00081
  • Source: Kendall Reed Collection. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Ted Genoways (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004), 63. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kirsten Clawson Stefan Schöberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. Gilder, 9 August [1881]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 17 November 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: prc.00081.xml (TEI)
Mott avenue & 149th street1 Station L New York City

—I am stopping here till​ ab't​ Aug:​ 18—(then on to Boston)—mail me a copy of last Critic here—also send the little slips of the poem here, unless already sent2—I like to see my friends here—house of J H Johnston, about 90 or 100 rods from the Mott Haven station3—

Walt Whitman

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: J L Gilder | Editor Critic | 757 Broadway | New York City. It is postmarked: Morrisania | Aug 9 | 2 PM | N.Y. CITY. [back]
  • 2. Whitman returned corrected proofs of the poem "Spirit That Form'd​ This Scene" on August 6 and requested, "After correcting please take five slip impressions (proofs) & send me." [back]
  • 3. Ever prolific, Whitman wrote a piece about Mott Haven, entitled "City Notes in August," which he published in the New York Tribune on August 15. [back]
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