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Title: Benjamin Ticknor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1881
Date: December 10, 1881
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05202
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JAMES R. OSGOOD AND CO.
PUBLISHERS
Decr. 10. 1881.
Dear Mr Whitman:
We have your favor of the 8th: we had already heard of [Messrs?] Trübner's change of base and Bogue's acceptance of the books, but we are inclined to think it has been for good, rather than otherwise, as we received yesterday from Bogue a cable order for 250 copies more.
I think we on this side can stand that, if Trubner can.
Very Truly Yours.
B.H. Ticknor
I was in hopes you might have found something for the soldiers. You will see by the [first?] numbers (there will be [illegible]) that it will have a very high literary list