Charles William Dalmon to Walt Whitman, 27 September 1888
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S. S. City of Berlin
"Inman Line"
Jersey City
27-9-88
Dear Sir
Today I was coming to Camden full of hope that I might see you but I have not enough
money to pay my railway fare to and from Camden. I am only a steward on the City of
Berlin— 
loc.01437.002_large.jpgyou will see me? Yes—you are good—may I come to see you when my ship
returns in about a month? The City of Berlin sails early on Saturday the
29th—may I hope for a few words from 
loc.01437.003_large.jpg you before she sails—I
cannot write the things I would write to you—I could not speak the words I
would wish to speak—but if I could see your face—if I could hear your
voice! I hope— 
loc.01437.004_large.jpgWill you accept my "Minutiæ."1
Will you—if you are able—write to me.
Correspondent:
Charles William Dalmon
(1862—1938) was a British poet and a contributor to The
Yellow Book, an 1890s British literary magazine edited by Henry
Harland. Dalmon also published in American magazines, including The Living Age.
Notes
- 1. Perhaps Dalmon was sending Whitman the manuscript of Minutiæ, his first book of poems, eventually published in 1892. [back]