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Sam Walter Foss to Walt Whitman, 26 May 1884

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  • Title: Sam Walter Foss to Walt Whitman, 26 May 1884
  • Date: May 26, 1884
  • Creator(s): Sam Walter Foss
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.02050
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Ashland Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Foss, Sam Walter. "Sam Walter Foss to Walt Whitman, 26 May 1884." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.02050.xml (TEI)
 loc.02050.001_large.jpg see notes Aug 26 & 30, '88 THE SATURDAY UNION.  
 A Literary and Political Newspaper.  
 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF THE LYNN WEEKLIES.  
 SMYTHE & FOSS, Publishers.  
 Lynn, Mass. May 26 1884 Mr. Walt Whitman: Dear Sir,

I send you with this letter two copies of our paper, both containing notices of your poems. Permit me to thank you warmly for the great inspiration I have received from the reading of Leaves of Grass. In my opinion, it marks a new era in American Literature; and is to stand out more and more prominently, as time advances, as the distinctively American book

Most Respectfully, S. W. Foss  loc.02050.002_large.jpg SW Foss

Correspondent:
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) was an American poet and editorial writer for the Boston Globe. In 1887 he became the editor of the Yankee Blade.

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