Walt Whitman to John S. Jenks, 28 November 1866

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Title: Walt Whitman to John S. Jenks, 28 November 1866
Date: November 28, 1866
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00714
Source: Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 5. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to John S. Jenks, 28 November 1866." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington. Nov. 28, 1866. John S. Jenks, Sir,

In answer to yours of the 27th I reply that no letter from you, of the 17th has come to hand—& of course I have not rec'd $3.1

But as I am not willing you should be the loser, in such a manner, I send you my book, by same mail with this.

Walt Whitman

1. When this letter appeared at auction (Henkels # 1348, March 21, 1924), it was inserted in an 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass. Although Whitman at this time kept no record of book sales, probably three dollars was the price he expected for this edition. [back]