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Title: Nugent Robinson to Walt Whitman, 31 July 1887
Date: July 31, 1887
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03560
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.
Editorial notes: The annotation, "Nugent Robinsons," is in an unknown hand. The annotation, "see notes Aug 26 & 29 1888," is in the hand of Horace Traubel.
Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman, Stefan Schöberlein, Ian Faith, and Stephanie Blalock
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NEW YORK, 31 July
188'7
Dear Sir,
Will you be so good as to let me know if you would be willing to honor us with a contribution to Once a Week & what your terms would be?1
Yours faithfully
Nugent Robinson
Editor
Correspondent:
Nugent Robinson
(1838–1904) was a journalist and editor from Dublin, Ireland. After
graduating from Trinity College, he served an apprenticeship in London and
worked as a correspondent for the Daily Chronicle during
the Franco-German War. He moved to the United States in 1876, and he edited Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Once a Week, and, later, Collier's Weekly.
Robinson was apparently highly regarded among writers like Julian Hawthorne and
James Whitcomb Riley, and he authored a number of books himself, including a
farce and works on history. For more information, see "Nugent Robinson," Collier's 32.14 (January 9, 1904), 20.
Notes:
1. Whitman's answer is not extant, and it appears no work by Whitman appeared in the magazine until 1891. [back]