Walt Whitman to John H. Johnston, 26 October [1882]

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Title: Walt Whitman to John H. Johnston, 26 October [1882]
Date: October 26, 1882
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.02559
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.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to John H. Johnston, 26 October [1882]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc.02559.001_large.jpg Camden1 Oct: 26.82 Evn'g

I have been quite sick for ten days—& am yet—but nothing serious—Shall be about as usual in a week at farthest2

Walt Whitman

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1. This post card is addressed: J H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | Oct | 26 | 8 PM | N.J.; P O | 10-2(?)-82 | 6 I A | N.Y. [back]
2. Johnston called on Whitman in Camden on October 10 accompanied by an Australian friend, John W. Tilton. On the following day the poet sent to Johnston a copy of Leaves of Grass for Tilton and a copy of Specimen Days for Mrs. Johnston (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]