BIB_ID
335477
Accession number
MA 918.31
Creator
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873.
Display Date
[1872] Nov. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Helen E Price / 331 East 55th / 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.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter; location of writing from postmark.
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.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter; location of writing from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Thanking her for a letter, noting it is good to hear from friends in New York and noting that Helen cannot miss her more than she misses Helen. Noting that her health is up and down but that she is "never clear of pain in some of my limbs."
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