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Unidentified Correspondent to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1889

About This Item

  • Title: Unidentified Correspondent to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1889
  • Date: April 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Unidentified Correspondent
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05848
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Caterina Bernardini Breanna Himschoot Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Correspondent, Unidentified. "Unidentified Correspondent to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1889." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05848.xml (TEI)
 loc_no.00101.jpg New York April 18, '89 Mr. Walt Whitman Dear Sir,

In common with many others I am already under a debt of gratitude to you, but I ask one thing further. Will you kindly[cut away]1

 loc_no.00100.jpg

Correspondent:
As yet we have no information about this correspondent.

Notes

  • 1. The rest of this letter has been cut away, and it is uncertain if the missing part is extant. Whitman likely wrote additional notes on the back of the bottom half of the letter. The correspondent is unknown, but the purpose of the letter seems to be to ask for Whitman's autograph. [back]
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