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James Knowles to Walt Whitman, 19 May 1887

 loc.03207.001_large.jpg see notes April 12 1888 My Dear Sir

I greatly regret being unable to avail myself of the Poem "November Boughs"1 which you so kindly sent me with your note dated May 2d. In order not to put you to inconvenience by delay, I return them at once enclosed herewith—& with very many thanks for your kind thought of me I remain

Yours very truly James Knowles Walt Whitman Esq  loc.03207.002_large.jpg  loc.03207.003_large.jpg  loc.03207.004_large.jpg

Correspondent:
James Thomas Knowles, Jr. (1831–1908) was a British architect and editor of the The Nineteenth Century.


Notes

  • 1. Lippincott's Magazine published Whitman's poem cluster "November Boughs" in the November 1887 issue. [back]
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