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Walt Whitman to Jessie C. Chamberlin, 23 December 1886

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  • 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.

    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: Alex Kinnaman Nicole Gray Stefan Schöberlein Ian Faith Kyle Barton
  • 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>.
  • Source File: loc.01254.xml (TEI)
 loc.01254.003_large.jpg 328 Mickle street1 Camden New Jersey Dec: 23 '86 Dear J C C

Your good letter has reached me, with the generous contents—hearty thanks—

Walt Whitman2  loc.01254.004_large.jpg  loc.01254.001_large.jpg  loc.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]
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