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Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 31 May 1887

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 31 May 1887
  • Date: May 31, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: col.00011
  • Source: Moncure Daniel Conway Papers 1847–1907, Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New York, N.Y. 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Ashland Stefan Schöberlein Kevin McMullen Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 31 May 1887." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: col.00011.xml (TEI)
 col.00011.001_large.jpg 328 Mickle Street1 Camden New Jersey May 31 '87 My dear T W

Will you do something for me, in the Press office if not too much trouble? Get a certain MS of mine "A poet's 68th year" (3 or 4 pages) I sent ten days ago directed "W R Merrill manging​ editor &c," of which no notice has been taken & reënclose said MS to me here—

Yours as always Walt Whitman

Come over & see me

 col.00011.002_large.jpg  col.00011.003_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Talcott Williams (1849–1928) was associated with the New York Sun and World as well as the Springfield Republican before he became the editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1879. His newspaper vigorously defended Whitman in news articles and editorials after the Boston censorship of 1882. For more information about Williams, see Philip W. Leon, "Williams, Talcott (1849–1928)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).

Notes

  • 1. Only the recto of the envelope is extant. This letter is addressed: Talcott Williams | office Press newspaper | cor: 7th & Chestnut | Philadelphia. It is postmarked: Camden, N.J. | May 31 | 10 AM | [illegible]. [back]
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