Walt Whitman to Isabella O. Ford, 11 October 1882

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Title: Walt Whitman to Isabella O. Ford, 11 October 1882
Date: October 11, 1882
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.06094
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 27. 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: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Isabella O. Ford, 11 October 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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431 Stevens street1 Camden New Jersey U S America Oct 11 '82 Dear Miss Ford

Yours of Sept: 25th rec'd —& accordingly I send you (same mail with this—same address) my two volumes—poetic and prose. The price is one pound sterling (which includes the books, postage, & everything)—send to me here by P. O. order2—

When you see Edward Carpenter tell him I am well & hearty (considering) & send him my love—

Walt Whitman

Notes

1. This letter is addressed: Miss Isabella O Ford | Adel Grange | Leeds | England. It is postmarked: Camden | Oct | 11 | 12-M | N.J.; Phila. Paid (?) | Oct | 11 | 1882 | Pa. [back]
2. Whitman noted the transaction in his Commonplace Book (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]