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William Mills to Walt Whitman, 15 February 1880

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  • Title: William Mills to Walt Whitman, 15 February 1880
  • Date: February 15, 1880
  • Creator(s): William Mills
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05991
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Mills, William. "William Mills to Walt Whitman, 15 February 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05991.xml (TEI)
 loc_jp.00226_large.jpg St. Louis.1 Feb. 15th 1880 Mr Whitman Dear Sir

I received your book and photograph, I thank you very much indeed for both of them.

I have enjoyed reading your book very much as it gave me a very different opinion of the private soldier, from that which I before possessed.

I received your book some three weeks ago when I was preparing for my half yearly examinations and as I was very busy I could not get time to read it and I didn't want to write until I had done so.

Yours affectionately William Mills  loc_jp.00225_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. This letter was crossed out and repurposed by Whitman. On the back he wrote a series of notes. [back]
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