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James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 3 June 1881

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  • Title: James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 3 June 1881
  • Date: June 3, 1881
  • Creator(s): James R. Osgood
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05159
  • Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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: Stefan Schöberlein Blake Bronson-Bartlett Nicole Gray Elizabeth Lorang
  • Cite this page: Osgood, James R.. "James R. Osgood to Walt Whitman, 3 June 1881." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 loc_nk.00286_large.jpg JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers. 
  211 TREMONT STREET. Boston, June 3 1881 Dear W Whitman

Yours of 1st recd. We accept your terms, viz. 25 cents per copy on all sold if the price is $2.00, and 30 cents if $2.50.

We shall not wish to publish until Autumn, but should like to receive the copy whenever you are ready, so that the work of making the plates will be going on during the Summer.

Please write to me in care of Trübner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, London, giving any suggestions about the  loc_nk.00288_large.jpg  loc_nk.00287_large.jpg publication in England.

I shall need for that purpose especially to know how far this edition differs from previous ones, and particularly how much new matter it contains.

When the copy is ready send it directly to the firm.

Yours truly JR Osgood Walt Whitman Esq  loc_nk.00289_large.jpg
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