Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 February [1875]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 February [1875]
Date: February 19, 1875
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00360
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), 323. 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, 19 February [1875]." 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 st.
cor West.
Camden,
N. Jersey. Feb. 19.1

Had another par[alytic] stroke Tuesday last—but not severe. This time, right side —Am now about as usual—Snow storm as I write, but I am going out, but not far—

Notes

1.
This postcard bears the address, "Peter Doyle, | M st South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C." It is postmarked: "Camden | Feb. | 19 | N.J."

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his ailments is confirmed in Whitman's March 2, 1875 letter to John and Ursula Burroughs, which can be positively assigned to this year. Obviously this postcard was written before Whitman's visit to Washington in November 1875.
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