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William Payne to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1890

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  • Title: William Payne to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1890
  • Date: June 19, 1890
  • Creator(s): William Payne
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03498
  • 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: Andrew David King Cristin Noonan Breanna Himschoot Stephanie Blalock Amanda J. Axley
  • Cite this page: Payne, William. "William Payne to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03498.xml (TEI)
 loc_jm.00241.jpg Circ: sent June 30 WOODLEIGH, THE THICKET, SOUTHSEA. Portsmouth England 19 June 1890 Sir

I [illegible] to take the liberty of asking you if you can be so kind as to get me the following information

A clergyman friend of mine has lent me a copy of "Leaves of "Grass" published at Boston

Walt Whitman Esq. Camden New Jersey

 loc.03498.002_large.jpg  loc_jm.00242.jpg

from 30 or so years ago with a portrait of yourself at its beginning

I want to be able to buy one written or any other edition which is wholly unemasculated & I would gladly remit the cost and any Customs Duty if I could be put with the proper channel

I pray you will excuse the great liberty I take & [illegible] subscribe myself your very obedient & admiring servant

William Payne Treasurer of the Burrough of Portsmouth  loc.03498.003_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Little is known about William Payne, who was a manager of the National Provinicial Bank of England for Portsmouth.

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