Julius Chambers to Walt Whitman, 9 October 1890

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Title: Julius Chambers to Walt Whitman, 9 October 1890
Date: October 9, 1890
Creator(s): Julius Chambers
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05012
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: Chambers, Julius. "Julius Chambers to Walt Whitman, 9 October 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_jm00270.jpg The World. News Department Oct. 9. '90. My Dear Poet:1

I would be very glad to go to Philadelphia to take part in the testimonial in your honor,2 as you so kindly suggest, provided it could be in a very humble way. It would be a delight and an honor.

Sincerely Julius Chambers

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Correspondent:
Julius Chambers (1850–1920) was an American author, investigative journalist, and travel writer. After working as a reporter for the New York Tribune, he became the editor of the New York Herald and, later, the New York World.

Notes

1. A line has been drawn through this letter in black ink. [back]
2. Chambers is referring to a lecture in Whitman's honor, which would take place on October 21 at Philadelphia's Horticultural Hall. The New York jeweler John H. Johnston and the Canadian physician Richard Maurice Bucke planned the event, and the orator and agnostic Robert Ingersoll delivered the lecture: "Liberty in Literature. Testimonial to Walt Whitman." [back]