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John Swinton to Walt Whitman, [24] September 1877

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  • Title: John Swinton to Walt Whitman, [24] September 1877
  • Date: September 24, 1877
  • Creator(s): John Swinton
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.01901
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Anthony Dreesen Ashley Lawson John Schwaninger Caterina Bernardini Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Swinton, John. "John Swinton to Walt Whitman, [24] September 1877." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.01901.xml (TEI)
 loc.01901.001_large.jpg My dear Walt

Miss Annie T. Smith desires to see you for a short time; and it is with pleasure that I give her this note to you.

—She has all the merits that you admire, and if she be not appalled by your greatness, or the shadow of it, you will  loc.01901.002_large.jpg  loc.01901.003_large.jpg have a good time with her

A lady friend of hers here in New York tells me that Miss Smith proposes to make you a feature in some sort of production, but of this I know nothing. I am certain that if she does, you will enjoy it

So, Walt, whether  loc.01901.004_large.jpg she writes to you, visits you, or otherwise enters into relations with you; you will know that she is an admirer of yourself, and a friend of

John Swinton  loc.01901.005_large.jpg  loc.01901.006_large.jpg
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