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To Mr.Whitman
Dear Sir:—
The current number of the Weekly
ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN contains an article1 of interest to you.
Yours Truly,
THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN PUB. CO.
(T.)
New York,2
Nov. 23" 1891.
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see notes Nov 24 1891
Correspondent:
The
Illustrated American publication was a weekly photographic news
magazine published at the Bible House in New York. The editor, writer, and
politician Maurice Meyer Minton (1859–1926) founded The
Illustrated American in 1890 and was editor and owner until 1894;
Whitman appeared on the cover of the magazine in the April 19, 1890, issue.
Notes
- 1. In With
Walt Whitman in Camden, Horace Traubel notes that he looked at that
week's issue of The Illustrated American to see the piece
to which this correspondent directed Whitman's attention. He reported to
Whitman, "Nothing there but a paragraph." To which Whitman responded, "I would
not get the paper for that. It is hardly worth while. I suppose it contained
nothing? [. . .] I am not at all curious. My days will get me over the bridge if
I never see it!" (Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden,
Wednesday, November 25, 1891). [back]
- 2. This postal card is
addressed: Mr Walter Whitman | Camden | N.J. It is postmarked: NEW YORK | NOV 23 | 530PM;
CAMDEN, N.J. | NOV24 | 6 AM | 91 | REC'D. [back]