Ralph E. Moore to Walt Whitman, 24 October 1891

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Title: Ralph E. Moore to Walt Whitman, 24 October 1891
Date: October 24, 1891
Creator(s): Ralph E. Moore
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03093
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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Cite this page: Moore, Ralph E.. "Ralph E. Moore to Walt Whitman, 24 October 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc.03093.001_large.jpg Dear Sir:1

Can you kindly inform where I can get a complete, original copy of your poem entitled "Leaves of Grass"? I want it as you first wrote it. Not a revised edition.

By answering the above you will greatly oblige

Yours sincerely Ralph E. Moore Stony Point N.Y. Box 283 Rockland Co.

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Correspondent:
Little is known about Ralph E. Moore of Stony Point, New York. He may be the twenty-two-year-old laborer listed as "R. E. Moore" in the 1892 State Census of New York. At that time, he was living with E. H. Moore, probably a brother, who was eighteen.

Notes

1. This letter was originally addressed incorrectly: Walt Whitman | Germantown | Philadelphia | Penn. The address was corrected on the envelope to read: Walt Whitman | by Mickle St | Camden N.J. It is postmarked: Haverstraw | Oct | 24 | 1 PM | 1891 | N.Y.; Philadelphia | Oct 26 | 9 AM | G | 91; G [illegible] | [illegible] | 4PM | 91; [illegible] | Oct | 24 | 1130PM | 1891 | Phila; Camden, N.J. | Oct 26 | 12PM | 91 | Rec'd. [back]