William T. Otto to Walt Whitman, 12 January 1865 a machine readable transcription William T. Otto Kenneth M. Price Transcription and encoding Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Vanessa Steinroetter Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2009 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 nyp.00219 Horace Traubel With Walt Whitman in Camden New York Mitchell Kennerley 1914 3 470-71 William T. Otto William T. Otto to Walt Whitman, 12 January 1865 January 12, 1865 Oscar Lion Papers, 1914–1955, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y William T. Otto Walt Whitman added schematron declaration converted to P5 updated Oscar Lion info proofreading changes proofread and edited proofread and edited annotations Transcribed, Encoded Department of the Interior, Washington, January 12, 1865. Sir:

Upon reporting at this Department and passing a satisfactory examination you will be appointed to a First Class Clerkship at a compensation of twelve hundred dollars per annum. I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obt servant

W. T. Otto, Assistant Secretary.

Walt Whitman, Esq. Brooklyn, N. Y.