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James M. Scovel to Walt Whitman, 23 February 1878

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  • Title: James M. Scovel to Walt Whitman, 23 February 1878
  • Date: February 23, 1878
  • Creator(s): James M. Scovel
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05551
  • Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Scovel, James M.. "James M. Scovel to Walt Whitman, 23 February 1878." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 November 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05551.xml (TEI)
 loc.02809.002_large.jpg LAW OFFICES OF 
  JAMES M. SCOVEL, 
  113 Arch Street, 
  Camden, N.J., Feby 23, 1878 Walt Whitman Esq My Dear "Old Boy"1

 loc.02809.001_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. The rest of this letter has been cut away. Whitman repurposed this letter, writing on the back a series of notes, likely toward his lecture on the death of Abraham Lincoln. [back]
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