FEINBERG/WHITMAN GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Alden, Henry M. Nov. 1873-Mar.1891 Box__4__ Folder__5__See notes Aug 26 & 29 '88 HARPER & BROTHERS' EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. Nov. 30, 1883 Dear Mr. Whitman, Please find enclosed mine Harper & Brothers ' cheque for fifty dollars ($50.), in payment for your poem - "With Husky-Haughty Lips O Sea!" With thanks & best wishes for your health & holiday cheer. Sincerely yours, Henry M. Alden, Ed Harper's Maga.See notes Aug 26 & 29 1888 HARPER & BROTHERS' EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. Oct. 22, 1884 Dear Mr Whitman Please find enclosed Messrs. Harper & Brothers cheque for thirty dollars ($30.) in payment for your poem "Of That Blithe Throat of Thine." And you have the Messrs. Harpers' permission to use the poem in a collection of your poems six months (or later) after our publication. With thanks, sincerely yours, H.M. Alden Ed Harpers MonthlySee notes Aug 26 and 28 1888 Harper & Brothers Editorial Rooms Franklin Square, New York. Jan.13 1885 Dear Mr Whitman, I am unable to use "After the Supper & Talk" to advantage ~ though it is very happy in the [inclusive?] connection you would give it in your volume. With thanks, Sincerely yours H. M. Alden [LS?] Harper's MagaHM Alden[Letter to Walt Whitman] [??] HARPER & BROTHERS EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK May 11/85 Dear Sir: I am obliged by the receipt of the addition to the Grant poem which enables me to publish it in the current number of the weekly - Messrs. Harper & Brothers authorize me to say that the reservation of the copyright which you make with reference to a future book is cheerfully conceded. Very Truly Yours M. SchneiderMr. Walt Whitman 328 Mickle St Camden, NJCAMDE[N] [M] 14 188[5] REC'DHarper & Brothers' Editorial Rooms. Franklin Square, New York. May 12 , 1885 My dear Whitman, I have your kind favor of the 11th with the enclosed poem -- or series of poems, rather. It does not seem to me that "Fancies at the Navesink" will make a favorable impression upon our readers -- though they might upon a select few. I must therefore return them. Much thanks, Sincerely yours H. M. Alden Ed Harper's Maga.[*see notes April 2 1888*] HARPER & BROTHERS' EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. June 8, 1885 My dear Whitman "The Voice of the Rain" does not [?] me, and I return it herewith. With thanks Yours ever H. M. Alden[*see notes Aug 26 & 30 '88*] HARPER & BROTHERS' EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK Sept. 20. 1886 Dear Mr. Whitman, I am unable to avail myself of your war memoranda, which I herewith return. The Century Magazine has so strongly occupied this field that we do not wish to enter upon it. With thanks, Sincerely Yours, H.M. Alden, Ed Harper's Maga.NEW YORK [?] 26 430 PM Walt Whitman Esq Camden N. Jersey Personal Elsewhere please forward(Nov. 1873) [I send] Please find herewith [a] another poem I have written the "Prayer of Columbus," which I offer for the magazine. If accepted send me word here & a proof when ready - otherwise please return me the MS. My price is $60 - same reservation as before & same obligation on y partCROSS - REFERENCE GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Alden, H. M. to WW, Aug. 28, 1889 See Verso LITERARY FILE POETRY FILE "Death's Valley." A.MS. drafts & printed copy. DCN97. Box 26Return to P.O. BOX 959, NEW YORK CITY, If not delivered within 10 days. [*see*] [*notes March 19 1891*] NEW YORK MAR16 6PM 91 Walt Whitman, Esq Camden New Jersey CAMDEN N.J. MAR 17 6AM [?99] REC'D.HARPER & BROTHERS' EDITORIAL ROOMS. FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. March 16. 1891 Dear Mr. Whitman, I saw a literary note yesterday, saying that you will soon bring out a new volume of poems. We have not yet printed your poem "Death's Valley", written at our request. We do not know whether you think of using this poem inyour forthcoming volume ; indeed, we presume that you do not, as we secured it with a view to its publication at our option as to time. But we ought to draw your attention to the matter, to guard against the possibility of your issue of the poem before its appearance in our magazine. Yours sincerely H. M. Alden [W.?] Harper's Maga.