Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Literary World, 16 February 1881

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Title: Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Literary World, 16 February 1881
Date: February 16, 1881
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04923
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.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
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loc_vm.01671.jpg 431 Stevens Street
Camden New Jersey Feb: 16 '81 Dear Sirs

Yours of 14th with the $5 enclosed, has arrived safely1—The slips came all right—Thanks—

Walt Whitman

If you have some spare numbers of your World running back six or seven weeks send them to me—

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1. The Literary World printed "The Dead Carlyle" on February 12 (see the letter from Whitman to Jeannette L. Gilder of February 6, 1881). [back]