BIB_ID
334022
Accession number
MA 918.3
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1871 Dec. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
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.
Written on Department of Justice stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Remarking that the new Attorney General [George Henry Williams] has just arrived and describing his appearance and demeanor. Responding to her letter concerning [their downstairs lodger] Stanton, regretting that he is annoying and asking her to keep him apprised of the situation. Mentioning the weather and noting that he "continue[s] to get letters &c from abroad about my book" and has received a letter from the editor [Rudolf Schmidt] of the foremost magazine in Denmark, who is preparing a review and translation of Whitman's works.
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