Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood & Company, 19 March 1882

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Title: Walt Whitman to James R. Osgood & Company, 19 March 1882
Date: March 19, 1882
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: tex.00438
Source: T. E. Hanley Collection, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 268. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Camden N J March 19 '82 Dear Sirs

I have been expecting response to my letter sent you some twelve days since (March 8) but no word rec'd—Are there any newer developements ? Are you still proceeding with the sale of the book? I re-affirm my suggestions and disposition of March 81—

Walt Whitman

Notes

1. On March 20 the firm replied: "We are waiting for an official indication in the matter of revisions." [back]