Your note2 was received and I am only waiting until the 1st of May when I shall be more "flush" to send you an order for five copies of your complete works.
I am glad that you are publishing works in this complete form, and feel sure that you will be well repaid in every way for the effort
I hope to do more than this in the way of getting subscribers.
Very sincerely Yours J.Q.A. WardCorrespondent:
John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910) was an
American sculptor. Walt Whitman noted receipt of $50 from Ward on June 6,
1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt
Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.).