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Walt Whitman to William Carey, 17 June 1889

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Will you (or Mr Cox2 the photographer he having copyright) loan for me to a NY party the negative plate of the photo head (with hat) I call "the laughing philosopher"— to "process" for me? Answer me here—

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Correspondent:
William Carey (1858–1901) worked for many years in a mission school for young men, and he was employed in the Editorial Department of The Century Magazine (William H. McElroy, "The Late William Carey," The New York Times [November 2, 1901], 27).


Notes

  • 1. This postal card is addressed: Wm Carey | Century office Union Square | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden, N.J. | JUN 17 | 8 PM | 89; P.O.N.L. | 6-18-89 | 2-IA | D | 6-18-89 | 8A | N.Y. [back]
  • 2. George C. Cox (1851–1903) was a well-known celebrity photographer who had taken multiple photographs of Whitman in April, 1887. The picture, entitled "The Laughing Philosopher," is reproduced in Specimen Days (1971), plate 174. [back]
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