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Henry Hopkins to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1891

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  • Title: Henry Hopkins to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1891
  • Date: November 2, 1891
  • Creator(s): Henry Hopkins
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.07425
  • 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: Cristin Noonan Amanda J. Axley Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Hopkins, Henry. "Henry Hopkins to Walt Whitman, 2 November 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.07425.xml (TEI)
 loc_ej.00717_large.jpg HANDY NOTES & QUERIES.  
  A MANUAL  
  OF  
  USEFUL INFORMATION  
  COMPILED  
  BY  
  Henry Hopkins  
  HARDWARE TINWARE  
  FOR USE  
  OF  
  DEALERS IN  
  METALS PUBLISHERS OF  
  HOPKINS'  
  HANDY NOTES  
  AND  
  QUERIES.  
  99 READE ST. HENRY HOPKINS. CHAS. B. DALES.  
  HENRY HOPKINS & CO.  
  Publishers and Booksellers. New York, Nov 2 18 91 Walt Whitman Esq. Camden, N.J. Dear Sir,1

One who is glad to see the world, at last, willing to crown the only original American Poet with the laurels of undying fame: sends you greeting: the enclosed Son [cut away] have already "said [cut away] give lectures or a little charity, [cut away] [cut away]ve out of myself." [cut away] in my power to make [cut away] comfort for the noble heart [cut away] [cut away]lined in [cut away] and Democracy and the [cut away] [cut away]eligion."

[cut away]ever Henry Hopkins  loc_ej.00716_large.jpg

Correspondent:
As yet, we have no information about this correspondent beyond the information in the letterhead. Henry Hopkins & Co. in New York did engraving, lithographing, printing, and electrotyping, as well as publishing Handy Notes and Queries, each issue of which contained advertising for metal products and charts of useful information, mainly about metals.

Notes

  • 1. One quarter of this letter is cut out and has not been located. [back]
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