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Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 April [1874]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 April [1874]
  • Date: April 21, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00336
  • Source: The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 293–294. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 April [1874]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 24 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nyp.00336.xml (TEI)
431 Stevens st.​ Camden, April 21.  
 11 a.m.1

Friday's letter rec'd​ —also that of Sunday—also papers—Graphic this morning—I feel pretty fair to-day considering—Keep on about same—(cloudy & sunshine)—Rain here too past four days, but I go out—clear to-day—I get or see N.Y. and Phil.​ papers nearly all, & the Wash. Chronicle & the Capital—Write me how new train makes out—Do you go through to Balt​ only—or further? Am glad Buck is your conductor—

Your old Walt

Notes

  • 1.

    This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle, | M street South, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C." It is postmarked: "Camden | Apr | 21 | N.J.; Carrier | 22 | Apr (?)| (?)."

    The reference to the new express train here and in Whitman's May 1, 1874 letter to Doyle permits assignment of this postcard to 1874.

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