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Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, Walter Darkin, Proprietor to Walt Whitman, 20 June 1888

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  • Title: Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, Walter Darkin, Proprietor to Walt Whitman, 20 June 1888
  • Date: June 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walter Darkin | Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, Walter Darkin, Proprietor
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.01090
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Breanna Himschoot Ian Faith Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Darkin, Walter and Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, Walter Darkin, Proprietor. "Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, Walter Darkin, Proprietor to Walt Whitman, 20 June 1888." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.01090.xml (TEI)
 loc.01090.001_large.jpg Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmers' Journal, The Oldest Agricultural Newspaper in Great Britain:—Established 1796. OFFICES:– 145, Queen Victoria Street. Sole Proprietor & Manager:–Walter Darkin. Registered Telegraphic Address, "Walter Darkin" London. London, E.C. June 30 18881

From B.W.M. June 18/88

With Compliments

 loc.01090.002_large.jpg  loc.01090.003_large.jpg to [illegible] Dec 1911 Horace Traubel  loc.01090.004_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal was a weekly newspaper published in London and laid claim to being the oldest newspaper for landowners and tenant farmers. It included significant agricultural content. Walter Darkin was the manager and proprietor of Bell's Weekly Messenger & Farmer's Journal, as well as other periodicals, including "Mark Lane Express."

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Walt. Whitman Esq | Camden | New Jersey. | U.S.A. It is postmarked: LONDON | [illegible] 20 | 88; NEW YORK | Jun | 29 | PAID | P | ALL | Camden, NJ | Jun | 30 | 8am | 1888 | Rec'd. [back]
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