Walt Whitman to W. Hale White, 25 May 1877

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Title: Walt Whitman to W. Hale White, 25 May 1877
Date: May 25, 1877
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04854
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to W. Hale White, 25 May 1877." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_vm.02142_large.jpg CAMDEN, New Jersey, USA1 May 25 1877.

I have sent your Vol. to-day—to same address as this card—

—Please notify me (by postal card will do) soon as you receive it—

W. W.

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1. William Hale White (1831–1913) was a British writer and civil servant who sometimes published under the pen name Mark Rutherford. In 1880, White wrote a review of Whitman's Two Rivulets titled "The Genius of Walt Whitman." See the letter from White to Whitman of March 21, 1880. [back]