Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 December [1874 or 1875]

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Title: Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 December [1874 or 1875]
Date: December 16, 1874 or 1875
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00381
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), 349. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 December [1874 or 1875]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 04 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
Source File: nyp.00381.xml (TEI)

431 Stevens st.
cor West.
Camden,
N. Jersey. Dec. 16—3 p.m.1

I am very decidedly better—very cold here, but bright & pleasant—I go out in it & enjoy it muchly—am now going out on a prowl till dusk—

W W

1.
This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle | M street South bet 4½ & M. | Washington, D.C." It is postmarked: "Camden | Dec | 16 | N.J."

This postcard cannot be assigned to a specific year for obvious reasons: the allusions to Whitman's health are vague and in fact applicable to almost any time between 1873 and 1876; there are no concrete references to events which would make dating possible. However, it was written on a standard government postcard which was redesigned in 1876.
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