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Walt Whitman to O.O. Hemenway, [30 September 1889]

Walt Whitman has rec'd y'r letter & request—Yes he can send you two copies fullest & latest ed'ns "Leaves of Grass"—The price of the two $4 (2 each) (p o order preferred) address here 328 Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey1


Correspondent:
Born and raised in Illinios, Otto O. Hemenway (ca. 1874–1946) worked as a bookkeeper and, later, as an insurance salesman. He married Minnie Lee Johnston in 1903. If federal census records correctly document his birth year, Hemenway would have been fifteen or sixteen years old at the time of his correspondence with Whitman.


Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: O. O. Hemenway | Pittsfield | Ill:. It is postmarked: Camden, N.J. | Sep 30 | 8 PM | 89. [back]
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