Henry Austin to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1890

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Title: Henry Austin to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1890
Date: December 8, 1890
Creator(s): Henry Austin
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04971
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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Cite this page: Austin, Henry. "Henry Austin to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_tb.00231.jpg To Walt Whitman, Esq. Camden, N. Y. Dear Sir,

I have sent you by this mail a little book of verses as a slight token of my Esteem. I hope that you may find something in the book worthy of your consideration.

I have the honor to be Your most obedient servant, Henry Austin Boston

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Correspondent:
Henry Willard Austin (b. 1858), a Boston journalist, may have sent this letter to Whitman. Austin published Vagabond Verses (Boston: J. Stilman Smith & Co.) in 1890, which may be the work mentioned in this letter.