Title: John Scott and J. P. Williams to Walt Whitman, 24 May 1867
Date: May 24, 1867
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01896
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.
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New
York,
May 24th 1867
To Scott & Williams, Dr.
(Late,
WM. E. Chapin & Co.,)
Steam Job Printers,
24 Beekman Street,
bet. Nassau
& William.
Mr Walt Whitman
1866 | |||
Aug 8 | 500 Copies Leaves of Grass 360 Pages | 476 | |
250 " " " " | 112 | ||
Oct 3 | 3/4 Rm D.M Paper | 10.50 | 598.50 |
[CR?] | |||
Sept 1 | [By Cast on a/c?] | 50 | |
22 | " " " | 450 | |
Oct 4 | " " " | 50 | |
Dec 8 | " " " | 25 | 575 |
23.50 |
Walt Whitman
$23.50
Correspondent:
John Scott and J. P. Williams were New York printers
who took over the printing business of William E. Chapin & Co., the printer
who had printed the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass
(actually published in November 1866). Whitman had apparently not paid off his
debt to Chapin for this transaction.