Title: Walt Whitman to Jessie C. Chamberlin, 23 December 1886
Date: December 23, 1886
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01254
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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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Jessie C. Chamberlin, 23 December 1886." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
loc.01254.003_large.jpg328 Mickle street1Camden New JerseyDec: 23 '86
Dear J C C
Your good letter has reached me, with the generous contents—hearty thanks—
Walt Whitman2loc.01254.004_large.jpgloc.01254.001_large.jpgloc.01254.002_large.jpg
Correspondent: Jessie C. Chamberlin was
a student at Sage College from 1885 to 1887.
Notes
1. This letter is addressed:
Jessie C Chamberlin | Sage College | Ithaca | New York. It is postmarked: CAMDEN
| DEC | 23 | 6 PM | [illegible];
PHILADELPHIA, PA. | DEC | 23 | [illegible] PM | 1886 | TRANSIT; ITHACA, N.Y. | DEC | 24 | [illegible]M | REC'D. [back]
2. Whitman wrote the following note on the back
of this letter: "Black & 1 [illegible] & 2 opening?" [back]