BIB_ID
335338
Accession number
MA 918.19
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1868 Sept. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Abby H. Price / 331 East 55th Street / bet. 1st & 2d Avs. / 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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Mentioning that he will be coming to New York the following week and asking if he can stay with her; noting that the appointment of the new attorney general is unlikely to change his position; mentioning mutual acquaintances and his mother.
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