Title: Walt Whitman to Unidentified Correspondent, 16 June 1888
Date: June 16, 1888
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: med.00834
Source: The location of this manuscript is unknown. Miller derives his transcription from a transcript
of the letter printed in the Swann Auction Galleries Catalog of October 1, 1942.
The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 174. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Ryan FurlongIan FaithStefan SchöberleinStephanie Blalock
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Unidentified Correspondent, 16 June 1888." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.