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Title: Roger W. Waldo to Walt Whitman, 15 January 1873

Date: January 15, 1873

Whitman Archive ID: loc.01974

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.

Editorial note: The annotation, "RW Waldo," is in the hand of Walt Whitman.

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J. R. DAYTON.
R. W. WALDO.
OFFICE OF
DAYTON & WALDO, COTTON BROKERS,
No. 129 Pearl Street,
New York

Jan 15
18731

Walt Whitman Esq—
Dear Sir

Please send me 12 copies of "The good grey poet"2 & mark them C.O.D. to the above address and oblige

Yours truly
R. W. Waldo


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Notes:

1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman Esq— | Washington | D.C— It is postmarked: NEW YORK | JAN | 15 | 6 PM; CARRIER | JAN | 16 | 8AM. [back]

2. William Douglas O'Connor's The Good Gray Poet: A Vindication was published by Bunce & Huntington, 459 Broome Street, New York, in 1866 and was reprinted by Richard Maurice Bucke in his 1883 biography of Walt Whitman. The 46-page pamphlet opposed Whitman's critics while praising those who held the poet in high regard. The nickname "Good Gray Poet" originated here and remained with Whitman throughout his life. The correspondence between the publishers and O'Connor is in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]


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