BIB_ID
120229
Accession number
MA 918.1
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
"Thursday night" [1871 Dec. 28].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Date of writing identified by Miller.
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 on Department of Justice stationery.
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 on Department of Justice stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Remarking that he has been alone in the office for a couple of hours; asking if she received the Franklin Almanac he sent; noting that "there is nothing new or special" to write about but hoping her cold is better; mentioning that he saw Grant walking by himself that day, and noting that they always salute one another. Continuing the letter on "Friday forenoon, 1/2 past 11:" mentioning that he has been working all morning but has little to say and sending his love. With a postscript sending a couple of Washington papers.
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