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James R. Osgood & Company to Walt Whitman, 29 March 1882

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  • Title: James R. Osgood & Company to Walt Whitman, 29 March 1882
  • Date: March 29, 1882
  • Creator(s): James R. Osgood & Company
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05362
  • 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 Nicole Gray Blake Bronson-Bartlett Elizabeth Lorang
  • Cite this page: Company, James R. Osgood &. "James R. Osgood & Company to Walt Whitman, 29 March 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 20 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05362.xml (TEI)
 loc_nk.00402_large.jpg JAMES R. OSGOOD [no handwritten text supplied here] EDWARD L. OSGOOD [no handwritten text supplied here] BENJAMIN H. TICKNOR [no handwritten text supplied here] THOMAS B. TICKNOR.  
  JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers  
  211 TREMONT STREET. Boston, Mch​ 29 1882 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir:

We do not think the official mind will be satisfied with the changes you propose. They seem to think it necessary that the two poems "A Woman Waits for me" and "Ode to a Common Prostitute should be omitted altogether. If you consent to this we think the matter can be arranged without any other serious changes.

Yours truly James R. Osgood & Co.  loc_nk.00403_large.jpg  loc_nk.00404_large.jpg  loc_nk.00405_large.jpg
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