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Walt Whitman to Andrew D. Chandler, 19 April 1887

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Andrew D. Chandler, 19 April 1887
  • Date: April 19, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: stl.00001
  • Source: St. Lawrence University Library, Canton, New York. The Ruth Atwood Black Collection of Alexander Black and Edith O'Dell Black. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Courtney Lawton Nicole Gray Elizabeth Lorang Ian Faith Kevin McMullen Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Andrew D. Chandler, 19 April 1887." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 stl_cl.00002_large.jpg 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey April 19 '87

By request of J H Johnston1 I send you (same mail with this, same address) a copy of Leaves of Grass—special ed'n—The price is $3 wh: please remit me here by p o order—

Walt Whitman  stl_cl.00001_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Andrew D. Chandler (1854?–1919) worked in the circulation department for several periodicals, including the Independent, the Christian Union, and the Outlook. He also served as the circulation manager for Harper's for fifteen years. He died in Orange, N.J.

Notes

  • 1. John H. Johnston (1837–1919) was a New York jeweler and close friend of Whitman. Johnston was also a friend of Joaquin Miller (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Tuesday, August 14, 1888). Whitman visited the Johnstons for the first time early in 1877. In 1888 he observed to Horace Traubel: "I count [Johnston] as in our inner circle, among the chosen few" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, October 3, 1888). See also Johnston's letter about Whitman, printed in Charles N. Elliot, Walt Whitman as Man, Poet and Friend (Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1915), 149–174. For more on Johnston, see Susan L. Roberson, "Johnston, John H. (1837–1919) and Alma Calder," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998). [back]
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