BIB_ID
335508
Accession number
MA 918.34
Creator
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873.
Display Date
[1873] Feb. 12.
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 St. / 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 inferred 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 inferred from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Regretting to hear that her mother Abby Price has been unwell and reflecting on the troubles that everyone must go through; reporting that Walt is recovering slowly [from his paralytic stroke in January].
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