Frederic Almy to Walt Whitman, 27 October 1880

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Title: Frederic Almy to Walt Whitman, 27 October 1880
Date: October 27, 1880
Creator(s): Frederic Almy
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05758
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: Almy, Frederic. "Frederic Almy to Walt Whitman, 27 October 1880." 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_ej.00929b.jpg Books sent Lowell, Mass.1 October 27, 1880. Dear Mr. Whitman,

I enclose a post-office order for ten dollars, and will you in return be kind enough to send me the Centennial Edition of [cut away] ago when I first became acquainted with your writings but your book [cut away] loc_ej.00928.jpg loc_ej.00949.jpg but I am just out of college, and as yet I can count my books by tens.

Very truly, Frederic Almy. Address: 151 Pawtucket St. Lowell, Mass.

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Notes

1. This one-page letter was crossed out and cut in half. On the back Whitman wrote part of a prose draft titled "Poetry in America—Shakspere—the Future." [back]