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Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 9 February 1873

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  • Title: Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 9 February 1873
  • Date: February 9, 1873
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.00463
  • Source: Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Thomas Jefferson Whitman, Dear Brother Walt: The Letters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman, ed. Dennis Berthold and Kenneth M. Price (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1984), 155-156. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger April Lambert
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Thomas Jefferson. "Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 9 February 1873." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.00463.xml (TEI)
St. Louis, Feb 9th 1873 Dear Mother

Mattie is, I think a little improved since I last wrote you—she passed an easier night last night—

Friday she went down to a photograph gallery in a carriage and we took her in a chair up the stairs—I had a lady sent there to fix her hair and dress her and altogether I think we obtained a most excellent picture of her—though I hav'nt seen the pictures yet

I do not think she suffers so much—though yesterday she had a bad day all day—on account of the excitement

Love to all—will write again to morrow

affectionately Jeff
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