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Walt Whitman to Jeanette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, [14 February 1887]

No errors—all correct—if convenient send me 8 or 10 proof-slips like this1

Walt Whitman Camden New Jersey2

Correspondent:
Jeannette Leonard Gilder (1849–1916) and her brother Joseph Benson Gilder (1858–1936) edited The Critic together from 1881 to 1906. For more information on Jeannette Gilder, see Susan L. Roberson, "Gilder, Jeannette L. (1849–1916)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).


Notes

  • 1. This note was written on a proof of "Five Thousand Poems," an essay which appeared in The Critic on April 16, 1887. However, recent searches of Whitman's archives have not turned up such a proof. [back]
  • 2. This letter is addressed: J L & L B Gilder | Critic office | 743 Broadway | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | Feb | 14 | 6 PM | 1887 | N.J. [back]
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