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Title: Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, December 1889
Date: December 1889
Whitman Archive ID: duk.00416
Source: Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Cristin Noonan, Brandon James O'Neil, Andrew David King, and Stephanie Blalock
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U.A WOODBURY PROP.
VAN NESS AND AMERICAN HOTELS
L.S. DREW
H.N. GLARK
MANAGERS
BURLINGTON VERMONT
THE
VAN NESS HOUSE HAS A SAFETY
HYDRAULIC PASSENGER
ELEVATOR FIRE ESCAPE AND THE
GRINNELL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
VAN NESS HOUSE
[illegible]NE VIEWS of the LAKES AND MOUNTAINS from all parts of the HOUSE
Burlington Vt. 18
Dec. 1889
Bro Walt,
Paper just came for Han.1 She has but now come from her bedroom. 2 good fires to make her comfortable—has every thing necessary but feels weak—Talks of you first [illegible]f all.
Walt I am ashamed to ask a favor, since you sent me 5 dollars of late—but I meet with a hitch occasionally. Shall have some money about 15 of next month, but I need a couple of dollars could you spare as much—just now, or ev [illegible]en one—You have your daily needs—
I have sent 2 paintings to Philadelphia for sale—A friend writes that it is impossible to sell them—Picture dealers monopolize all the space, and are accomplished to get all attention and all sales. So he has expressed back boxes—I lone prepaid all charges—My chances to sell are better here—
We have plenty of coal. I am right.
Yours truly—
Charlie.
21 Pearl St
Correspondent:
Charles Louis Heyde (ca.
1820–1892), a French-born landscape painter, married Hannah Louisa Whitman
(1823–1908), Walt Whitman's sister, and they lived in Burlington, Vermont.
Charles Heyde was infamous among the Whitmans for his offensive letters and poor
treatment of Hannah. For more information about Heyde, see Steven Schroeder,
"Heyde, Charles Louis (1822–1892)," Walt
Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New
York: Garland Publishing, 1998).
Notes:
1. Hannah Louisa (Whitman) Heyde (1823–1908), youngest sister of Walt Whitman, married Charles Louis Heyde (ca. 1820–1892), a Pennsylvania-born landscape painter. Charles Heyde was infamous among the Whitmans for his offensive letters and poor treatment of Hannah. Hannah and Charles Heyde lived in Burlington, Vermont. For more, see Paula K. Garrett, "Whitman (Heyde), Hannah Louisa (d. 1908)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998). [back]