Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 8 March [1878]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 8 March [1878]
Date: March 8, 1878
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: upa.00161
Source: Walt Whitman Collection, 1842-1957, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. The transcription presented here is derived from The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1964), 110. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 8 March [1878]." 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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Camden1 March 8 a m2

Will be over to tea at ½ past 6, & will give you a good long sitting for the pic[ture] if you wish—("Improve the time" saith the little busy bee)—

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1. The envelope for this letter bears the address: Herbert Gilchrist | 1929 north 22d Street | Philadelphia. It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Mar | 8 | 3(?) PM | Pa. [back]
2. Since Whitman was in New York on this date in 1877, and since the Gilchrists were not in Philadelphia in March, 1879, the note was sent in 1878. [back]