Editor of The New York Morning Journal to Walt Whitman, 28 July 1890

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Title: Editor of The New York Morning Journal to Walt Whitman, 28 July 1890
Date: July 28, 1890
Creator(s): Editor of The New York Morning Journal
Whitman Archive ID: loc.07385
Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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.
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loc_sd.00463.jpg EDITORIAL ROOMS OF The Morning Journal Room 25, Tribune Building, New York July 28 1890 Dear S[illegible]

[illegible]d feel that [illegible] ha[illegible] a great [illegible] upon us if you would consent to write, for [illegible] S[illegible]'s Journal, a short article on some such topic as "Old Brooklyn Days."

W[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]th[illegible] brief essays [illegible] feature of the Sunday [illegible] printing them as "[illegible]ed editorial," with facsimile of autograph [illegible] pel[illegible]

We have had [illlegible] excellent names on our contributors'1

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Correspondent:
The New York Morning Journal was founded in 1882 by Albert Pulitzer (1851–1909), the younger brother of the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911). Within a few years Pulitzer sold the paper to John R. McLean (1848–1916), and, later, it was transferred to the newspaper publisher and businessman William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951).

Notes

1. The rest of the letter is missing. [back]