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James Gordon Bennett to Walt Whitman, 4 May 1888

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  • Title: James Gordon Bennett to Walt Whitman, 4 May 1888
  • Date: May 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | James Gordon Bennett
  • Whitman Archive ID: yal.00475
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Ashland Ian Faith Nicole Gray Stefan Schöberlein Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt and James Gordon Bennett. "James Gordon Bennett to Walt Whitman, 4 May 1888." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: yal.00475.xml (TEI)
 YCAL_MSS-13-4.jpg (H.G 191) The Herald. New York, 5/4 1888 Dear Sir:

Enclosed please find $40.00, payment for services for Apl.​ 88

Please acknowledge receipt by return mail, and oblige,

Yours very truly, J. G. BENNETT. To Walt Whitman  YCAL_MSS-13-3.jpg

Correspondent:
James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841–1918) was the publisher of the New York Herald, which had been founded by his father in 1835. For more on the paper and the many poems by Whitman that were published in it, see Susan Belasco, "The New York Herald."

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