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Walt Whitman to Thomas G. Gentry, 11 February 1884

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Thomas G. Gentry, 11 February 1884
  • Date: February 11, 1884
  • Creator(s): Thomas G. Gentry | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00767
  • Source: University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives. The transcription presented here is derived from Ed Folsom, "The Mystical Ornithologist and the Iowa Tufthunter: Two Unpublished Whitman Letters and Some Identifications," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 18–29. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Gentry, Thomas G. and Walt Whitman. "Walt Whitman to Thomas G. Gentry, 11 February 1884." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 20 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00767.xml (TEI)
Camden New Jersey Feb. 11 '84 Dear Sir

I am entirely willing you should print the piece, as you request1—

Walt Whitman

Correspondent:
Thomas Gentry (1843–1905) was an ornithologist from Philadelphia and had already published six books by the time he got into contact with Whitman. It appears that his turn to Whitman coincided with a growing alienation from his profession. For more on Gentry, see Ed Folsom, "The Mystical Ornithologist and the Iowa Tufthunter: Two Unpublished Whitman Letters and Some Identifications," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 1:1 (1983), 18–29.

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