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William J. Bok to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1890

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  • Title: William J. Bok to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1890
  • Date: October 18, 1890
  • Creator(s): William J. Bok
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04976
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Andrew David King Cristin Noonan Brandon James O'Neil Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Bok, William J.. "William J. Bok to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04976.xml (TEI)
 loc_jm.00360.jpg EDWARD W. BOK. WILLIAM J. BOK. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE BOK SYNDICATE PRESS No. 23 Park Row, New York Cable Address: BOK, NEW YORK." October 18, 1890. Walt Whitman. Esqre.— My dear Mr. Whitman:—

May I not be favored with your literary plans for the balance of the Autumn and the coming Winter? Also if you are engaged in doing Christmas work? I will be greatly obliged to you for this courtesy, let me assure you.

Allow me to enclose one of our recent literary letters. I earnestly hope to be honored with a line or two from you e're long.

With respect, Heartily yours, William J. Bok.  loc_jm.00361.jpg  loc_jm.00365.jpg

Correspondent:
William John Bok (born Willem Joannes Bruno Eduard Hidde Bok, 1861–1928) was a journalist and newspaper columnist born at Den Helder in the Netherlands. The Bok family immigrated to the United States in 1870, where his father found work in New York as a linguist and translator. In 1886, Bok and his brother Edward(1863–1930)—later Editor of the Ladies' Home Journal—founded the Bok Syndicate Press that contributed to newspapers around the U.S.

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