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Title: Walt Whitman to M. H. Spielmann, 10 February 1888

Date: February 10, 1888

Whitman Archive ID: loc.03947

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.

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Feb. 10 '88
328 Mickle St
Camden New Jersey US America1

The $20 in pay for the little piece came to me to-day from C[assell] & Co: Fourth av. NY. Thanks—


Walt Whitman


Correspondent:
Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (1858–1948) was an English editor, art critic, and scholar who edited both The Conoisseur and Magazine of Art (1887–1904). He was a major figure in British debates about developments in modern art. He also founded the weekly periodical Black and White in 1891. Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British weekly that published many well-known writers.

Notes:

1. This postal card is addressed: M H Spielmann | Magazine of Art | La Belle Sauvage Ludgate Hill | London | E C | England. It is postmarked: Camden | Feb 1 [illegible] | 8 PM | 88; London E.C. | [illegible]| FE 2 [illegible] 88 | AC; Philadelphia | [illegible] | Paid. [back]


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