BIB_ID
335444
Accession number
MA 918.23
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1869 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 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.
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
Remarking that he has little to report but wished to write her; saying he hears of her occasionally from his mother's letters and thanking her daughter Helen for visiting her. Mentioning that it is "very hot weather here -- to-day it is 96 or '7" and that the breeze is hot. Looking forward to seeing her once he goes on vacation in the middle of August.
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