Walt Whitman to John Swinton, 6 May [1876]

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Title: Walt Whitman to John Swinton, 6 May [1876]
Date: May 6, 1876
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.02831
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 46. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to John Swinton, 6 May [1876]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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431 Stevens st.
Camden N Jersey May 6—noon1

I think I may be—nay must be—wrong in saying (Friday's letter)2 I wrote to Wm S[winton] with "no answer" result—I think I left writing him to the last, & then omitted it by mistake. I will write to him in a day or two—

W.W.

Notes

1. This letter's envelope bears the address, "John Swinton | 13413 East 38th Street | New York City." (Swinton's address was actually 124 East 38th Street; see Whitman's May 31, 1876? letter to Swinton.) It is postmarked: "Camden | May | 6 | N.J." [back]
2. May 5 fell on Friday in 1876. [back]