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Charles Parsons to Walt Whitman, 25 July 1885

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  • Title: Charles Parsons to Walt Whitman, 25 July 1885
  • Date: July 25, 1885
  • Creator(s): Charles Parsons
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.02270
  • 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 Kinnaman Stefan Schöberlein Ian Faith Kyle Barton Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Parsons, Charles. "Charles Parsons to Walt Whitman, 25 July 1885." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.02270.xml (TEI)
 loc.02270.001_large.jpg Art Department. HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. July 25, 1885. Dear Sir:

We wish to publish your portrait in Harper's Weekly. Will you please say where we can get a good recent photograph? We would prefer one without the hat.

Yours truly, Charles Parsons Sup't​ Art Dep't,​ for E.D.W. Walt Whitman, Esqre.  loc.02270.002_large.jpg  loc.02270.003_large.jpg  loc.02270.004_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Charles Parsons (1820–1910) was the art superintendent of Harper & Brothers periodical publications.

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