BIB_ID
335180
Accession number
MA 918.17
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1867 July 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Abby H. Price / 279 East 55th Street / 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
Asking her or one of her family members to obtain from E. Godkin two or three copies of the London Chronicle which contain a piece about Leaves of Grass; giving his mother's new address; mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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