Francis P. Church to Walt Whitman, 15 May 1868 a machine readable transcription Francis P. Church Kenneth M. Price Ed Folsom Transcription and encoding The Walt Whitman Archive Staff Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2010 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 loc.01288 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Kenneth M. Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Beverley Rilett Francis P. Church Francis P. Church to Walt Whitman, 15 May 1868 May 15, 1868 MSS18630, Box 8 The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Francis P. Church Walt Whitman added schematron declaration blessed transcribed and encoded letterhead checked checked transcribed and encoded An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Published Monthly
OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row,
New York, May 15 1868 My dear Sir:

After thinking over your article for several days, & consulting with Mr. Sheldon (who of course has no editorial control over The Galaxy, but whose opinion in courtesy I am bound to regard) I am obliged to come to the conclusion that for the present at least, it is best that it should not be printed in The Galaxy.

The July number for which it was ded ought to be a light number for Summer reading: this is an article that requires thought; cannot be read on cars &c, & ought to appear in soberer weather.

But lest you should wish to use it elsewhere immediately I return the MS. in a separate package.

I regret that there has been any delay in reaching this conclusion, but the question could not be decided hastily, in justice to you.

I am Very truly yours F. P. Church

Mr Walt Whitman