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Title: Walt Whitman to William S. Huntington, 5 November 1870
Date: November 5, 1870
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01709
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.
Editorial note: The annotation, "Walt Whitman," is in an unknown hand.
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Attorney General's Office,
Washington.
Nov 5 1870
My dear Mr. Huntington:
I write to say I would like to postpone the pleasure of my visit to, & breakfast with, you & Mrs. Huntington till Sunday morning 13th inst.—instead of to-morrow.
—Best respects to Mrs. Huntington.
Walt Whitman
I send the Galaxy with one of my last pieces1—as I am not certain whether I sent it to you at the time.
Correspondent:
William S. Huntington (1841–1872) entered the
Treasury Department in 1861 and, two years later, was selected by financier Jay Cooke
to be cashier of the First National Bank in Washington.
Notes:
1. Whitman is likely referring to his poem "A Warble for Lilac-Time," which appeared in the Galaxy, 9 (May 1870), 686. [back]