Pliny B. Smith to Walt Whitman, 16 August 1884

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Title: Pliny B. Smith to Walt Whitman, 16 August 1884
Date: August 16, 1884
Creator(s): Pliny B. Smith
Whitman Archive ID: loc.08483
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Cite this page: Smith, Pliny B.. "Pliny B. Smith to Walt Whitman, 16 August 1884." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_tb.00632.jpg Patent Law. vols sent Aug 19 CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 1884 Mr. Walt Whitman Dear Sir,

Inclosed please find $5[.]00 for which please send me latest edition of your poems with autograph ($3[.]00 & 'specimen days & collect ($2[.]00)

Very truly yours, Pliny B. Smith

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Correspondent:
Pliny B. Smith (1850–1912) was a lawyer in Chicago for more than forty years. He served as the counsel for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for twelve years, from 1883 to 1895. He was also a member of the Chicago Public Library Board from 1887 to 1893. For more on Smith, see "In Memoriam: Pliny B. Smith," In Memory of the Members of the Chicago Bar Association who have died during the year 1911–1912 [Chicago: Printed for the Association], 1912).