Colin Mackenzie to Walt Whitman, 11 November 1880

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Title: Colin Mackenzie to Walt Whitman, 11 November 1880
Date: November 11, 1880
Creator(s): Colin Mackenzie
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05783
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.
Contributors to digital file: Natalie O'Neal Alex Kinnaman Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Mackenzie, Colin. "Colin Mackenzie to Walt Whitman, 11 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.00955_large.jpg Windsor Hotel,1 New York 11 Nov 1880. Mr. Colin Mackenzie (of Edinburgh, Scotland)

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[cut away] is anxious to become the possessor of a copy of The Authors Edition of Mr. Walt Whitman's collectible works.

And Mr. Mackenzie would feel greatly obliged by a line from W.W. to say how he can receive the work & pay the price which he believes is $10.

An answer to care of Scottish Union Insu Co 64 Pearl St. Hartford Con. will be esteemed a favour.

answer letter sent | enc: circ

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1. This letter was cut up and reassembled, pasted together with other pieces of paper. On the back Whitman wrote part of a prose draft titled "Poetry in America—Shakspere—the Future." [back]