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Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 8 June 1885

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  • Title: Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 8 June 1885
  • Date: June 8, 1885
  • Creator(s): Henry M. Alden | Horace Traubel
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05907
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., 1961), 28. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman Stefan Schöberlein Ian Faith Kyle Barton Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Alden, Henry M. and Horace Traubel. "Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 8 June 1885." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 20 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05907.xml (TEI)
Harper & Brothers' Editorial Rooms, Franklin Square, New York, June 8, 1885. My dear Whitman,

The Voice of the Rain does not tempt me, and I return it herewith with thanks.1

Yours ever, &c. H. M. Alden.

Correspondent:
Henry Mills Alden (1836–1919) was managing editor of Harper's Weekly from 1863 to 1869 and editor of Harper's Monthly Magazine from 1869 until his death.

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