Record ID:
335438
Accession number:
MA 918.21
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.8 cm + envelope
Notes:
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Abby H. Price / 331 East 55th Street / bet. 1st & 2d Avenues / 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.
Summary:
Giving information about his travel plans to New York the following day and his intentions to go on to Washington the following Monday; mentioning several mutual acquaintances and noting that he has been treated "with the greatest hospitality & courtesy" during his trip to Providence.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
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