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Walt Whitman to S. S. McClure, 25 June 1887

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to S. S. McClure, 25 June 1887
  • Date: June 25, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03105
  • 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.

    Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
  • Contributors to digital file: Ryan Furlong Stefan Schöberlein Kevin McMullen Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to S. S. McClure, 25 June 1887." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03105.xml (TEI)
 loc.03105.002_large.jpg Camden New Jersey1 June 25 '87

Yours with $25 as pay for the little piece has reach'd me—Thanks, & this is the receipt2

Walt Whitman  loc.03105.001_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Samuel Sidney McClure (1857–1949) was an investigative journalist who in 1884 established the first newspaper syndicate in the United States, which occasionally solicited and published work by Whitman; later, he co-founded McClure's Magazine, which published work by Whitman posthumously.

Notes

  • 1. This postal card is addressed: S S M'Clure | Tribune Building | New York City. It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Jun | 25 | 4 PM | Transit; P.O. | 6-25-87 | 12 P | N.Y. [back]
  • 2. See the letter from Whitman to the S. S. McClure Syndicate, June 14, 1887. [back]
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