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Title: E. C. Cheever to Walt Whitman, 20 October 1880
Date: October 20, 1880
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05765
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.
Editorial note: The annotation, "books sent," is in the hand of Walt Whitman.
Contributors to digital file: Natalie O'Neal, Alex Kinnaman, and Nicole Gray
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OFFICE OF
LATHROP COAL AND MINING CO.
MINERS AND DEALERS IN COAL.
A. B. ASHLEY, Supt.
E. C. CHEEVER, Cashier.
Kewanee, Ills. Oct 20 18801
Walt Whitman
Camden, N.J.
Dr Sir:
[illegible]
a copy of this Edition to
Yours very truly
E. C. Cheever
Kewanee
Ills
Notes:
1. This letter was crossed out and cut in half. On the back Whitman wrote part of a prose draft titled "Poetry in America—Shakspere—the Future." [back]