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Walt Whitman to Joseph B. Gilder, 24 August 1886

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Joseph B. Gilder, 24 August 1886
  • Date: August 24, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: rid.00001
  • Source: University of Richmond. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 45. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schöberlein Kyle Barton
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Joseph B. Gilder, 24 August 1886." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 12 September 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: rid.00001.xml (TEI)
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey1 Aug 24 '86

Thanks for the $10, which came last Sunday as pay for the "Thought"2—Thanks for the slips & for the copies of the paper—came this morning—

Walt Whitman

Correspondent:
Joseph Benson Gilder (1858–1936) was, with his sister Jeannette Leonard Gilder (1849–1916), co-editor of The Critic, a literary magazine.

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Joseph B Gilder | Critic office 20 Astor | Place | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | Aug | (?) | 12 M | N.J.; D | 8-24-86 | 7 P | N.Y. [back]
  • 2. "A Thought on Shakspere." [back]
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