BIB_ID
335147
Accession number
MA 918.11
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1866 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmark and addressed to "Abby H. Price / 279 East 55th St. / New York City." Envelope is printed "Attorney=General's Office, / Official Business" and signed by the Assistant Attorney General J. Hubley Ashton.
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 Attorney General's Office 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 Attorney General's Office stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Wondering if he has her correct address; noting that he has a "pleasant, agreeable, &c. but pretty moderate pay" position in the Attorney General's office; hoping to come north soon. With a postscript giving his mother's address in Brooklyn.
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