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Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 6 January 1890

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  • Title: Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 6 January 1890
  • Date: January 6, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Charles L. Heyde
  • Whitman Archive ID: duk.00420
  • 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: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Breanna Himschoot Ian Faith Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt and Charles L. Heyde. "Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 6 January 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 duk.00420.001_large.jpg U.A WOODBURY PROP. Van Ness and American Hotels L.S. DREW H.N. CLARK MANAGERS Burlington Vt. Van Ness House The Van Ness House has a Safety Hydraulic Passenger Elevator Fire Escape and the Grinell Automatic Sprinkler  
  Fine Views of the Lakes and Mountains from all parts of the House. Burlington Vt. 18 Jany 6, 1890. Bro Walt.

Han1 is much the same—Weather warm and wet—improving some, steadily—She talks of you allways—how you bear it—I expect to sell a painting—but at a low price—Painting is a thing of the past to get a livelihood by—

Hoping you hold your own"—

Gratefully Charlie.

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 (1822–1890), a French-born landscape painter. 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]
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