Feinberg/Whitman Notes and Notebooks Notes--Printing & pub. <Dec. 1888> Note to printer
Box 42 Folder 14[*314*]
1888 27 December Note to Printer. A.MS. (1p. 14 x 14 cm.)

Written in ink on the top half (clipped) of a discarded letter
(The Critic 743 Broadway New York (letterhead) Dec. 27, 1888.
Dear Mr Whitman: The poem is addressed "To the Year 1889," but
from "internal evidence" I should say the previous year, now
just passing, was intended. In view of this uncertainty, I am 
holding it over till Jan. 5. Kindly enlighten me, & believe me
with very best wishes for all that is left of 1888, as well as 
for all of the New Year,), 7 words: 

To Printer

write out the & - andTo Printer

write out the & -and The Critic 
743 Broadway 
New York 
Dec. 27, 1888. 
Dear Mr. Whitman: 
The poem is addressed
"To the year 1889, but from
"internal evidence" I should say 
the previous year, now just passing, 
was intended. In view of 
this uncertainty, I am holding
it over till Jan. 5. Kindly
enlighten me, and believe me 
with very best wishes for 
all that is left of 1888, as 
well as for all of the new year