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Title: W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1886
Date: October 18, 1886
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04629
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 note: The annotation, "WI Whiting," is in an unknown hand.
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SCAMMEL BROTHERS,
29 BEAVER STREET.
NEW YORK.
MAGEE BLOCK, WATER ST.,
SAINT. JOHN, N.B.
AGENTS AT SAINT JOHN
FOR THE
ANCHOR LINE
TRANS-ATLANTIC PENINSULAR & MEDITERANEAN
STEAM PACKET SHIPS.
J. WALTER SCAMMELL.
J. H. SCAMMELL.
FRED. E. SCAMMELL.
CABLE ADDRESS:
"SCAMMELLS"
NEW YORK. ST. JOHN. N.B.
New York, Oct 18th
1886
Walt Whitman Esq
Dear Sir
On my return to New York agreeable to promise I beg to forward you the Catalogue spoken of & hope its perusal will afford pleasure1
Mssrs Bangs & Co have lately sold about ⅓ of Autograph & Manuscript poems belonging to estate of Lewis J. Cist Esq—3000 lots in catalogue of nearly 300 pages, if Mr Whitman would like to look it over will be pleased to forward it when fully priced.
With best wishes,
Yours Truly
W. I. Whiting
Care Scammell Bros
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1. See the letter from Whiting to Whitman of June 14, 1886, listing prices obtained at auction for a Whitman letter and a first edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman forwarded the letter to the Critic on June 17. [back]