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Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 29 October 1865

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 29 October 1865
  • Date: October 29, 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: uva.00347
  • Source: Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia . The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 270. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman Elizabeth Lorang Vanessa Steinroetter Alyssa Olson Caterina Bernardini
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 29 October 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 27 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: uva.00347.xml (TEI)
Brooklyn October 29, 1865.

Andy, my dear comrade—I rec'd yours of 24th, with enclosure of letter. Two others previously.

I am sincerely sorry for Mr. Stewart.

Andy, my programme is, to vote here early Tuesday forenoon,1 & then start immediately for Washington—So Love—& farewell—till we meet, dear boy.

Walt Whitman

(I wish you to say to Mr. Ashton, however, that if there is any pressure in the clerical duties of the Office, I will come immediately, if needed.)

Correspondent:
Andrew Kerr was, according to the 1866 Directory, a clerk in the Attorney General's office.

Notes

  • 1. The elections of November 7, 1865, resulted in what the New York Times described as a "Great Republican Victory." [back]
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