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Mrs. L. Dillard to Walt Whitman, 16 March [1892]

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  • Title: Mrs. L. Dillard to Walt Whitman, 16 March [1892]
  • Date: March 16, [1892]
  • Creator(s): Mrs. L. Dillard
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.01443
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Cristin Noonan Amanda J. Axley Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Dillard, Mrs. L.. "Mrs. L. Dillard to Walt Whitman, 16 March [1892]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.01443.xml (TEI)
 loc.01443.003_large.jpg Spokane1 March 16 Walt Whitman Dear Brother

I pray that you may be well long ere this reaches you—Please write me aline​ that I may have your hand writing. I held a letter once yeares ago that you wrote to George Chany.2 I have since then be very disirous​ to have  loc.01443.004_large.jpg some writing from you before you go to your long home.

Fraternally your Mrs. L. Dillard Post Fall Idaho  loc.01443.001_large.jpg  loc.01443.002_large.jpg

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Notes

  • 1. This letter was first addressed incorrectly as follows: Walt. Whitman | New ark | New Jersey. A line has been drawn through "New wark," and the city of Camden has been added on the envelope. This correction has been indicated on the envelope by a deficient address postmark, which reads as follows: DEFICIENCY | IN | ADDRESSS | SUPPLIED | BY | NEWARK [illegible]. This letter is postmarked: SPOKANE, WASH. | MAR17 | 1130AM | 92; NEWARK, N.J. | MAR22 | 530PM | 92; NEWARK, N.J. | MAR22 | 230PM | 92 | REC'D; CAMDEN, N.J. | MAR23 | 6AM | 92 | REC'D. This letter arrived three days before Whitman's death on March 26, 1892. [back]
  • 2. As yet we have no information about this person. [back]
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