Walt Whitman to J. J. Harris Teall, 5 October [1877]

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Title: Walt Whitman to J. J. Harris Teall, 5 October [1877]
Date: October 5, 1877
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04025
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.

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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to J. J. Harris Teall, 5 October [1877]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 02 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_vm.02227_large.jpg Camden New Jersey U S America1 Oct 52—

I have to-day sent by mail same address as this card my Volume Two Rivulets—Please notify me (by postal card will do) soon as it reaches you safely

Walt Whitman

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1. This postal card is addressed: J J Harris Teall | University Extension Lecturer | Nottingham | England. It is postmarked: (?) | Oct | 5 | N.J.; Philadelphia | Oct | 5 | Paid. [back]
2. J. J. Harris Teall taught science at Nottingham; see The Commonplace Book (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.) and Edward Carpenter's letter to Whitman on December 19, 1877. [back]