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Rees Welsh & Company to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1882

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  • Title: Rees Welsh & Company to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1882
  • Date: June 16, 1882
  • Creator(s): Rees Welsh & Company
  • Whitman Archive ID: upa.00135
  • Source: Walt Whitman Collection, 1842–1957, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. 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: Stefan Schoeberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Eder Jaramillo Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Company, Rees Welsh &. "Rees Welsh & Company to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: upa.00135.xml (TEI)
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OLD BOOKS BOUGHT.

REES WELSH & CO.,  
 BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,  
 23 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, 6. 16 1882 Walt Whitman Esq Camden N.J. Dear Sir

As directed we procured a copy of "Leaves of Grass" from the binders, and have been waiting to hear from you. It would be our aim (if having control of the book) to put it before the trade at once, so that every bookseller might know, before the fall trade opens, that the book can be had regularly, this would of course be to your as well as our advantage Hoping to be favored at an early day

We are Sir Very Truly Yours Rees Welsh & Co McK  upa.00135.002_large.jpg
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