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Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1883

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  • Title: Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1883
  • Date: November 30, 1883
  • Creator(s): Henry M. Alden | Horace Traubel
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05121
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915), 220. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alicia Meyer Stefan Schöberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Alden, Henry M. and Horace Traubel. "Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1883." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 14 March 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05121.xml (TEI)
Harper & Brothers' Editorial Rooms. 
  New York, Nov.​ 30, 1883. Dear Mr. Whitman,

Please find enclosed Messrs Harper & Brothers' cheque for fifty dollars in payment for your poem, With Husky-Haughty Lips O Sea!

With thanks and best wishes for your health and holiday cheer.

Sincerely yours, Henry M. Alden Editor Harper's Magazine.
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