Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Washington DC, to Abby Price, 1871 Apr. 21.

BIB_ID
335448
Accession number
MA 918.24
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1871 Apr. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Reporting that he gave her note and paper to Major Saxton, who said he knew the fourth auditor personally and would see him about her business and would write her in a few days; remarking on her happy home life, wishing he could drop in and take part; noting that he is "well & hearty - feel first-rate the greater part of the time -- and as to streaks of the other kind of feeling, I am thankful they are so few;" mentioning that he will take his vacation earlier in the year than usual and looks forward to seeing her.