Walt Whitman to A. Williams & Company, 1 November 1880

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Title: Walt Whitman to A. Williams & Company, 1 November 1880
Date: November 1, 1880
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: uva.00389
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uva_jc.00483_large.jpg 431 Stevens Street1 Camden New Jersey Nov 1 '80

According to your letter just rec'd I forward the two Vols. L of G and T R by same mail with this. Please send me the pay $7 here by mail2

Walt Whitman

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1. This postal card is addressed: A Williams & Co: | Booksellers | 283 Washington Street | Boston Mass:. It is postmarked: Camden | Nov | 1 | N.J. [back]
2. This transaction with the Boston book dealer was noted in Whitman's Commonplace Book (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). The card was marked by the bookseller—"Paid Nov. 3/80 $7.00." [back]