Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, [28 May 1890]
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Van Ness House
L. S. Drew & H. N. Clark
Managers
U. A. Woodbury, Proprietor. Burlington, Vt. 28 May 1890 Bro Walt,
Han1 rec'd your last, with 2 dollars. She is too nervous to write—far from being well—I think sometimes that she may not be herself again—she is weak—very—very excitable—I do not want to give up, but I do not see how I can maintain myself—your kind sending helps much however—for which I am gratefull —
Charlie,With great difficulty she has written a postal—
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]