BIB_ID
335174
Accession number
MA 918.14
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1866 Dec. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmark and addressed to "Abby H. Price / 279 East 55th St. / New York Ci[ty]."
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
Mentioning that he has been unwell for the past month, though noting that he is still able to go to the office; mentioning mutual acquaintances and sending his love to her daughters, hoping that they will visit his mother as they are able.
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