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James Knowles to Walt Whitman, 19 May 1887

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  • Title: James Knowles to Walt Whitman, 19 May 1887
  • Date: May 19, 1887
  • Creator(s): James Knowles
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03207
  • 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 Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Knowles, James. "James Knowles to Walt Whitman, 19 May 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.03207.xml (TEI)
 loc.03207.001_large.jpg see notes April 12 1888 "The Nineteenth Century," 1 Paternoster Square, London, E.C. May 19th 1887 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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