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Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 26 November 1887

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 26 November 1887
  • Date: November 26, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04875
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 135. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Ashland Stefan Schöberlein Caterina Bernardini Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 26 November 1887." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04875.xml (TEI)
Camden New Jersey1 Nov: 26 '87

If convenient I wish you would send me six copies Press of Nov: 24.2

Walt Whitman

Correspondent:
Talcott Williams (1849–1928) was associated with the New York Sun and World as well as the Springfield Republican before he became the editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1879. His newspaper vigorously defended Whitman in news articles and editorials after the Boston censorship of 1882. For more information about Williams, see Philip W. Leon, "Williams, Talcott (1849–1928)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Talcott Williams | Press newspaper | 7th & Chestnut | Phila:. It is postmarked: Camden, N.J. | Nov 2(?) | 6 PM | 87. [back]
  • 2. Whitman's poem "Thanks in Old Age" appeared on this date. [back]
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