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Walt Whitman to Mr. French, [14 April 1873]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Mr. French, [14 April 1873]
  • Date: April 14, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00419
  • Source: The location of the original manuscript is unknown. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 212–213. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Mr. French, [14 April 1873]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00419.xml (TEI)
To the Attorney Gen's Office, for Mr. French, Pardon Clerk.1

Please unlock the case where my books & pamphlets are in Mr. French's room & send me by bearer 6 copies "Democratic Vistas."

Notes

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    Transcript.

    This appears to be a note written while Whitman was still in Washington; therefore, the year 1873 seems plausible, since before his illness Whitman would have gone for the books himself.

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