Hatch & Foote [?] to Walt Whitman, 15 November 1880

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Title: Hatch & Foote [?] to Walt Whitman, 15 November 1880
Date: November 15, 1880
Creator(s): Hatch & Foote [?]
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05773
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: [?], Hatch & Foote. "Hatch & Foote [?] to Walt Whitman, 15 November 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.00935_large.jpg Books sent by express Hatch & Foote,1
Bankers 12 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. P. O. Box 3766. Nov 15 1880 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir:

Will you please send to my address by Express the two volumes of your poems referred to so pleasantly, by your friend E. C. Stedman in [cut away]

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1. This letter was crossed out and cut in half. On the back of the top half, Whitman wrote part of a prose draft titled "Poetry in America—Shakspere—the Future." The other half of the letter, including the signature, has not been located. [back]