Henry Romeike to Walt Whitman, 1 August 1891
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Henry Romeike
Branches: London, Paris, Berlin, Washington D.C.
110 Fifth Avenue.1
New York, Aug. 1, 1891.
Mr. Whitman
Dear Sir;—
Your work is attracting considerable attention. Will you allow me to send you all notices concerning it that may appear in the papers of the United States and Canada.?2
Yours faithfully, Henry Romeike
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see notes Aug 3 1891
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Correspondent:
Henry Romeike
(1855–1903) was born in Prussia and educated in Germany. He began his
career as an employee in a dry goods firm, but he later traveled to Paris and
became interested in newspapers. He began a press clipping bureau business in
London and established an agency in New York. He then moved to New York to
oversee his press clipping business in that city, while also establishing
branches in Berlin and Paris. His clients included politicians, lawyers, and
actors, among others who applied to Romeike to learn what the national and
international press had to say about them and others in their professions
("Death of Henry Romeike," The New York Times [June 4,
1903], 9).
Notes
- 1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman, Esq. | Camden, | N.J. It is postmarked: New York | AUG 1 | 230PM | C | 91; Camden, N.J. | AUG | 2 | 8 AM | 1891 | REC'D. [back]
- 2. Romeike sent the same letter to Whitman again on September 10, 1891. [back]