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The undersigned takes the liberty of offering you the accompanying MS for your
"Miscellany;"1—The price is $8.—
The undersigned would be glad to furnish you with an article for each number, if it
would be agreeable to you.—
Please forward an answer to the address given herewith, stating whether you accept or
decline.
Walter Whitman
June 1st2
W.W.
12 Center St
N.Y.
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Walter Whitman Ans. July 9. '42
Editor "Boston Miscellany"
[illegible]
Correspondent:
Nathan Hale, Jr.
(1818–1871) served as the editor of the Boston
Miscellany from 1842–1843. He was the son of journalist and newspaper publisher Nathan
Hale. Whitman wrote Hale twice in an effort to sell the story "The Angel of Tears," but Hale declined to publish it.
Notes
- 1. The Boston
Miscellany of Literature and Fashion was a monthly magazine that ran
from 1842–1843. Nathan Hale Jr. served as editor in 1842 and resigned the
position to Henry Tuckerman at the end of the year. The magazine printed
literary contributions from writers like James Russell Lowell, Edgar Allan Poe,
and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The magazine also printed
fashion plates and music (Frank L. Mott, A History of American
Magazines, 1741–1930 [Cambridge: Harvard University Press,
1958], 1: 718–720). [back]
- 2. Whitman wrote Hale again on
June 14, 1842, to inquire if the Boston Miscellany would publish "The Angel of
Tears." [back]