Title: Charles E. Ferguson to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1880
Date: March 1, 1880
Whitman Archive ID: yal.00463
Source: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 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.
Related item: Whitman crossed this letter out, and on the back he wrote notes toward one of his lectures on the death of Abraham Lincoln.
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Indianapolis Ind.
March 1, 1880.
Mr. Walt Whitman
Dear Sir,
Will you be so kind as to inform me of the name of your first published poem, also where published. By answering this you will greatly oblige
Yours very respectfully
Charles E. Ferguson
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