Walt Whitman to George Routledge & Sons, 19 February 1868 a machine readable transcription Walt Whitman Kenneth M. Price Ed Folsom Transcription and encoding Kenneth M. Price Kathryn Kruger Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2011 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 loc.01568 Walt WhitmanEdwin Haviland Miller The Correspondence New York New York University Press 1961–1977 2 18–19 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to George Routledge & Sons, 19 February 1868 February 19, 1868 MSS18630, Box 15 The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Walt Whitman George Routledge & Sons added schematron declaration blessed made uniform "George Routledge & Sons" in titles of all letters to and from this publisher checked encoded extracted transcription from Major Authors cd Messrs. Routledge: Publishers Broadway Dear Sirs:

By your note of 18th, from New York, just received, I find that Mr. Edmund Routledge, editor, would (I quote) like to keep & use an original poem—three-page poem—sent him from me, but demurs to my first-asked price—that he directs you to offer me 10 pounds—which you can send me, $50: in gold—and that, (the terms being settled, &c.) he will advertise it very largely.

I accept the terms offered—$50 in gold—and you can forward me the am't as soon as convenient. I repeat, that I distinctly reserve the right of printing the piece in a future edition of my poems.

Sending best wishes & respects to editor & publishers, I remain.