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Walt Whitman to Washington Friends, 13 September 1869

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Washington Friends, 13 September 1869
  • Date: September 13, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: prc.00023
  • Source: Private collection of Gilbert S. McClintock. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 89. 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 Washington Friends, 13 September 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: prc.00023.xml (TEI)
Brooklyn September 13, 1869. My friends,1

I shall return to Washington either on Wednesday next, 15th or Thursday, 16th—Shall probably come in the train which gets in at 10:15 p.m.

Walt Whitman

Notes

  • 1. Probably associates in the Attorney General's office. [back]
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