Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, [1877(?)]

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Title: Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, [1877(?)]
Date: 1877
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04044
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.
Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Grace Thomas Eder Jaramillo Kevin McMullen Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, [1877(?)]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
Source File: loc.04044.xml (TEI)

loc_ad.00679.jpg James M Scovel 113 Arch Street Camden 9½ a m

(Come over by Market st ferry—about 80 rods from the Camden landing ferry)1

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1. This note, probably directing an acquaintance to a Sunday morning breakfast at Scovel's home, was written on the verso of an invitation to a farewell reception for the sculptor, W. W. Story, on December 24, 1877. [back]