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Walt Whitman to Alma Calder Johnston, 10 October 1881

 loc.02429.001_large.jpg My dear friend

Yours rec'd​ , & thanks—I still linger along here—the printing of my book is finished—but one or two little things I want to see too—& then I am in no hurry—Shall probably finish up altogether this week—& then shall come on to your house1—shall send you word a day beforehand—I am well as usual—Have had a very pleasant time here, & the book printed &c. to my entire satisfaction—Best love to John, Ally, & the dear girls—

Walt Whitman  loc.02429.002_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. Whitman did not leave Boston until October 22 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
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