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J. Richardson to Walt Whitman, 8 September 1880

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  • Title: J. Richardson to Walt Whitman, 8 September 1880
  • Date: September 8, 1880
  • Creator(s): J. Richardson
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05555
  • 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 Elizabeth Lorang Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Richardson, J.. "J. Richardson to Walt Whitman, 8 September 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 March 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05555.xml (TEI)
 loc_nk.00217_large.jpg Citadal​ sept..8.1880 Dear friend

I recieved​ youre​ letter and waus​ glad to hear that you enjoyed youre​ trip up to london and am also glad you like canada i wish the english goverment​ would give it to the states i am sure it would be much better for everybody in it as their​ would be a good deal livelier times than their​ is and lots of work i am having good times now i am changed from the gunners to the cavarly​ and am learning to ride and the sword exercise  loc_nk.00218_large.jpg and it is splendid fun we look so awkard​ on horse back some hanging on to the horsees​ neck and others on to the saddle and the rideing​ master will chase them round the school till they leave go or else tumble off i have not got a tumble yet thanks to my horse fer​ he is an easy goer. the french man of war waus​ here when you where​ here well since she went away. their​ has been an english one here and we have had a splendid time with the sallors​ they are such jolly fellows they where​ up to the citadel every night singind​ and dancing and  loc_nk.00219_large.jpg they are just the fellos​ that can sing to i recived​ the papers that you sent to me and read all the accounts of youre​ selif​ and think you are right at home their​ i think you better settle down in canada in this letter isend​ you you one of my photos and that waus​ what kept me from writing i waus​ wating​ for it. i would like to spend a couple of weeks in london and look through the asylum i have never been through one yet. one of the little boats with the man of war waus​ out at the zulu war and fetched always to england  loc_nk.00220_large.jpg now i hope you will excuse my bad writing and spelling for my sister give me a tallking​ to for my spelling the last time she wrote i got a letter from mother to day and she told me that my brother had broke his arm but it is getting along all right mow​ he his such a little fellow only 8. years old and nou​ i guess this is all i have got to say and i hope you are well as this leaves me

yours truly J Richardson
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