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Title: Joseph M. Stoddart to Walt Whitman, 11 January 1882

Date: January 11, 1882

Whitman Archive ID: loc.05098

Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Whitman and Burroughs—Comrades, ed. Clara Barrus (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931), 235. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

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Oscar Wilde has expressed his great desire to meet you socially. He will dine with me Saturday afternoon when I shall be most happy to have you join us. The bearer, Mr. Wanier, will explain at greater length any details which you may wish to know, and will be happy to bring me your acquiescence.


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