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Gustav A. Roedell to Walt Whitman, [January 1891]

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  • Title: Gustav A. Roedell to Walt Whitman, [January 1891]
  • Date: [January 1891]
  • Creator(s): Gustav A. Roedell
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05862
  • 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 Amanda J. Axley Cristin Noonan Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Roedell, Gustav A.. "Gustav A. Roedell to Walt Whitman, [January 1891]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05862.xml (TEI)
 loc_no.00107_large.jpg Dear Mr. Whitman:

If it is not asking too much, dare I beg that you will do me the great pleasure to transcribe your poem, The Pallid Wreath,1 for my collection of autographs?

The favor would be valued more than I can tell you.

I have the honor to remain

Your obliged servant, Gustav A. Roedell. Gallipolis, Ohio.  loc_no.00106_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Gustav A. (Gus) Roedell operated a drugstore in Gallipolis, Ohio, from 1892 to 1926, and is listed in the 1880s and 1890s as a secretary and warden of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Gallipolis and a charter member and officer of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge No. 107.

Notes

  • 1. "The Pallid Wreath" was published in the Critic on January 10, 1891; the poem was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). [back]
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