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Melville Philips to Walt Whitman, 21 May 1891

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  • Title: Melville Philips to Walt Whitman, 21 May 1891
  • Date: May 21, 1891
  • Creator(s): Melville Philips
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03505
  • 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 Alex Ashland Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Philips, Melville. "Melville Philips to Walt Whitman, 21 May 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03505.xml (TEI)
 loc.03505.001_large.jpg THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS. THE PRESS COMPANY, Limited, Proprietors, SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS. Philadelphia, May 21st 1891 My dear Mr. Whitman:

Thanks. I know no speedier way to get you the $10 than by the enclosed cheque.

Remember your visit to me.

Faithfully yrs Melville Philips  loc.03505.002_large.jpg see notes May 22 1891

Correspondent:
Melville Phillips was an editor at Munyon's Illustrated World and visited Whitman in Camden to request that Whitman contribute work to the journal. He also reviewed November Boughs in the Philadelphia Press, where he served as literary editor, in 1888.

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