Title: Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood, 16 June 1881
Date: June 16, 1881
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03471
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.
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431 Stevens Street
Camden New Jersey
June 16 '81
Dear Sirs
I have been down in the Jersey woods the last ten days—just returned1—have finished my copy which is now ready to put in hand—all plain sailing & all complete—When do you want to begin? & will it go ahead pretty fast when actually begun?—I have spoken about the type—ought to be new or substantially new long primer—I sent on the proof page for a little change, last night on my return—I have pretty well decided to come on to Boston & see it through2—
Walt Whitman
1. Whitman was with the Staffords from June 11 to 15 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
2. Osgood & Co. sent "three new proofs" to Whitman on June 21. [back]