BIB_ID
335176
Accession number
MA 918.15
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1867 Mar. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Abby H. Price / 279 East 55th St. / New York City."
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
Regretting to hear that her family has been sick; sympathizing with Emily and Helen's illnesses but hoping they will recover enough to visit his mother soon, as she is afflicted with rheumatism. Noting that the still visits the hospitals on Sunday afternoons.
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