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Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 2 June 1887

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 2 June 1887
  • Date: June 2, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00801
  • Source: The current location of this manuscript is unknown. Miller derives his summary of this letter from the catalog of J.F. Drake (1927), a now-defunct antiquarian bookdealer. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 97. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Ryan Furlong Stefan Schöberlein Kevin McMullen Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 2 June 1887." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00801.xml (TEI)
Camden June 2, 1887

[A letter of thanks for a birthday present.]1

Correspondent:
As yet we have no information about this correspondent.

Notes

  • 1. Edwin Haviland Miller, working from a transcript of a summary of this letter, was unable to identify the correspondent. [back]
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