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Entire passage from 14th line, ending with the line "And you Stalwart loins" on page 81. 84. 1-7 inclusive
March 4. 1882 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir We enclose a letter from the District Attorney dated 1 st , and
West Park NY May 1 st 1882 Dear Walt: With your letter came one from O'Connor bursting with wrath; I
Ever your friend John Burroughs John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 1 May 1882
From there we went down to Carlyle's country & spent a week at Ecclefechan, arriving there the 1 st day
But on March 1 District-Attorney Stevens of Boston, under instructions from Attorney-General Marston,
Oscar Wilde from Oscar Wilde | early in '82 see notes Sept 7–8–9 1888 Oscar Wilde to Walt Whitman, 1
McK Duplicate No 1 sent to Kirkwood, N.J. Rees Welsh & Company to Walt Whitman, 5 July 1882
Chainey became involved in opposing the suppression of Leaves of Grass and discussed the matter on July 1,
for the extension of fourteen years further from expiration & send me certificate of such entry—find $1
Spofford, [1 August 1882]
My Photo & auto[graph] are sold by the Camden Children's Home , Haddon av: for their benefit, price $1—
See Correspondence , 1:82.