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Walt Whitman to Sampson, Low, & Company, 1 February 1875

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Sampson, Low, & Company, 1 February 1875
  • Date: February 1, 1875
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00436
  • 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), 12. 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 Sampson, Low, & Company, 1 February 1875." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00436.xml (TEI)
Camden, N.J., February 1, 1875 1

[WW requests an accounting for the previous year.]

Notes

  • 1.

    Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, London booksellers, handled the English distribution of Leaves of Grass and Democratic Vistas.

    According to the auction record (Parke-Bernet, February 7–8, 1944), Whitman addressed the letter to "Messrs. Samson Low & Co."

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