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Walt Whitman to Beatrice Gilchrist, 21 September [1877]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Beatrice Gilchrist, 21 September [1877]
  • Date: September 21, 1877
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: hyb.00006
  • Source: Walt Whitman Collection, 1842–1957, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania; The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 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.

    Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Anthony Dreesen Eder Jaramillo Kevin McMullen Nicole Gray Kirsten Clawson
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Beatrice Gilchrist, 21 September [1877]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 upa.00058.001_large.jpg Camden Friday afternoon Sept 211 Dear Bee

Your letter came an hour ago, & we have all read it with deepest interest—praying that all will go well with your dearest mother—& having no doubt it will—Hattie has been quite unwell for two nights, & yesterday—a sort of Cholera morbus & fever—but is pretty well to-day,—is dress'd​ & down stairs again—the rest all well—

—I rec'd​ a letter from Herby—he said he had written to you all, at the same time with mine—He had arrived at Esopus, & was having good times—

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—As I was down by the market here three hours ago I met Mr Stafford, & have had a talk & a short ride with him—he came up with a load of cabbages, which he sold, & has just started for home—All are well, (although Mrs S is hardly so, either, I think overworked & too much tasked & nervous)2

—I have rec'd​ I think from Edw'd​ Carpenter the Daily News (London) with a long very fine resumé-article on Thiers—which I will bring or send you, for yourself & (by & by) your mother's reading—

—I am feeling comfortable—go out some hours every day, enjoying the fine Sept:​ weather—

Affectionately W.W.  loc.02160.001_large.jpg  loc.02160.002_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. The envelope for this letter bears the address: Miss Beatrice Gilchrist | 1929 North 22d Street | Philadelphia. It is postmarked: Camden | Sep | 21 | N.J.; Philad'a, Pa. | Sep | 21 | 9 PM | Rec'd. [back]
  • 2. On the same day Whitman recorded in his Commonplace Book: "Saw Geo Staf[ford] at the market, (sent the little dinner basket to Ruth—Geo: wanted me to go down with him)" (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
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