Your note2 was received and I am only waiting until the 1st of May when I shall be more "flush" to send you an order for five copies of your complete works.
I am glad that you are publishing works in this complete form, and feel sure that you will be well repaid in every way for the effort
I hope to do more than this in the way of getting subscribers.
Very sincerely Yours J.Q.A. Ward loc_vm.02086_large.jpg loc_vm.02087_large.jpg friendly note from Ward, the sculptor (will send an order & money after May 1) see notes Sept 7 1888 loc_vm.02088_large.jpgCorrespondent:
John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910) was an
American sculptor. Walt Whitman noted receipt of $50 from Ward on June 6,
1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt
Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.).