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 duk.00761 Walt Whitman Edwin Haviland Miller The Correspondence New York New York University Press 1961–1977 3 260 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 21 December 1881 December 21, 1881 II-9D The Trent Collection of Walt Whitman Manuscripts, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Walt Whitman William Sloane Kennedy added schematron declaration checked, corrected Checked and Corrected proofed encoded 431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Dec 21 '81 My dear W S K

Yours rec'd received & glad to hear from you—have not forgotten those pleasant calls & chats, & hope they will one day be renewed—I read your (added to & somewhat changed) California magazine criticism—the copy you showed Osgood—& thought it noble—

Am thankful to you & of course much pleased with your study of, & exploiting L of G—have just sent you a package by express of the late & other editions & Vols. of poems &c. as my Christmas offering—with affectionate remembrances—

Walt Whitman