Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Washington DC, to Walt Whitman, 1868 Sept. 27.

BIB_ID
106049
Accession number
MA 918.45
Creator
Doyle, Peter, 1843-1907.
Display Date
1868 Sept. 27.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmark and pre-addressed in Whitman's hand to "Walt Whitman, / 331 East 55th St. / bet 1st & 2d Av's / New York City." Envelope is printed "Attorney=General's Office, / Official Business" and signed by the Assistant Attorney General J. Hubley Ashton. N.B. The address on this envelope directs the letter to Witman at Abby Price's home in New York.
Part of a collection of letters from Walt Whitman to Abby Price, his mother Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, and others. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written in pencil.
Summary
Concerning their mutual friends, noting how much "the boys" enjoy Whitman's letters.