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Walt Whitman to Karl Knortz, 14 November 1882

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Karl Knortz, 14 November 1882
  • Date: November 14, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: uva.00443
  • Source: Papers of Walt Whitman (MSS 3829), Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 316. 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 Nima Najafi Kianfar Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Karl Knortz, 14 November 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Dear Sir1

The return'd​ papers, slips, &c rec'd​ —I didn't want them again, as I have duplicates—☛ I only want R. Schmidt's book, Burroughs's Notes, Scribner's Magazine,2 the Good Grey Poet, Leaves Imprints,3 and the Scandinavian and Hungarian papers returned—(but am in no hurry about it.) John Burroughs lives about 50 miles up the Hudson, his address is Esopus-on-Hudson.

Walt Whitman Noon Nov​ 14 '82​

Did you get "Specimen Days"? If not yet, please write me, & I will gladly send you a copy—at once—

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Karl Knortz | cor: Morris Av. & 155th Street | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | Nov | 14 | 2 PM | N.J.; P. O. | 11-14-82 | 7-1P | N.Y. [back]
  • 2. Undoubtedly Stedman's article on Whitman in November, 1880. [back]
  • 3. Leaves of Grass Imprints (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860). [back]
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