BIB_ID
335516
Accession number
MA 918.39
Creator
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873.
Display Date
[1873 Apr. 18].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Miss 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 probable 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 probable month and day of writing inferred from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Helen E. Price before 1913.
Summary
Describing the difficulty that she has writing letters, noting that she becomes so nervous she cannot even write to Walt. Remarking on the differences between the people Camden and New York and Brooklyn, noting that everyone in Camden is "so different and formal." Mentioning that she would not mind being in Camden if she had a home of her own and referencing Walt's monthly payments to George and Lou for her board.
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