Remington Ward to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1891

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Title: Remington Ward to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1891
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator(s): Remington Ward
Whitman Archive ID: loc.08287
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: Amanda J. Axley Marie Ernster Stephanie Blalock
Cite this page: Ward, Remington. "Remington Ward to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 13 December 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_tb.00118.jpg Remington Ward, STATIONER and PRINTER 34 Clarke Street, Newport, R. I. ESTABLISHED 189[illegible] June 2/91 Mr Walt Whitman Dear Sir

If agreeable to you will you please give me your Autograph on the enclosed card.

Yours respectfully Remington Ward

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Correspondent:
Remington Ward (1858–1921), the oldest child of A. Judson Ward (1830–1908) and Harriet F. Gould Ward (1830–1915), was a printer and stationer, and he was the proprietor of a printing office in his native Rhode Island. He was married to Myrtle Bull Ward (1871–1937), who had been born in Canada. The couple were the parents of at least two children.