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Title: W. E. Worthen to Walt Whitman, 23 May 1864
Date: May 23, 1864
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00879
Source: 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.
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New York
May 23
Dear Sir
Enclosed find $20 which I have collected for yr Sanitary distribution. I hope I shall be able to send more from time to time.
I am yrs try
W. E. Worthen1
Address care of
D. Appleton Ho.
Notes:
1. William E. Worthen was an engineer, evidently employed in the Croton Aqueduct Department, New York. Walt Whitman's reply to this letter is not known. [back]