BIB_ID
335442
Accession number
MA 918.22
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1869 Apr. 7.
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 "Mrs. Abby H. Price / 331 East 55th Street / bet. 1st & 2d Av's / 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
Apologizing for the length of time since he has written, noting that "there is not much difference with me;" mentioning the new Attorney General, Mr. Hoar, who is friends with Emerson and commenting on the number of "office-seekers" who have come to Washington. Mentioning mutual acquaintances and his intention to bring out the final edition of his book that summer.
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