BIB_ID
335509
Accession number
MA 918.35
Creator
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1873 Jan. 25?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.5 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 and possible month and day 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 and possible month and day of writing inferred from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Acknowledging that everyone must face trials, but describing her depression and noting that some days she is so down that she feels like "crying all the time." Recalling "them old Brooklyn times" and wishing they had spent more time together; mentioning that her lameness is better but that the cold troubles her; mentioning another sick mutual acquaintance and "poor dear Walt."
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