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Title: William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 24 September 1883

Date: September 24, 1883

Whitman Archive ID: loc.03296

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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Monday, Sept. 24/83

Dear Walt:

The Sun returns me the article with this note, "Respectfully declined with thanks. Editor."! Now what shall we do next? Shall we try The Critic? It begins to look hopeless. O for a journal! "A horse, a horse—my kingdom for a horse!"


WDO'C


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