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Henry Hurt to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1868

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  • Title: Henry Hurt to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1868
  • Date: October 5, 1868
  • Creator(s): Henry Hurt
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.01834
  • 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: Alex Kinnaman Elizabeth Lorang Beverley Rilett Ashley Lawson Eder Jaramillo John Schwaninger Nicole Gray Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Hurt, Henry. "Henry Hurt to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1868." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.01834.xml (TEI)
 loc.01834.001.jpg OFFICE Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company 537 NEW JERSEY AVENUE Washington, Oct. 5th 1868 Dear friend

You know how I am situated, and can make some allowance for a brief letter, I expect you will like it better so, however, for I should fail to interest you if I had plenty time. I am pleased to know that you are enjoying your leave of absence so much, may you continue to do so until you return. Your favor of 2d inst.​ to me, and papers for others were duly received, and I am requested by the recipients to return their thanks for the same. I have finished reading the "Broadway" you sent me, and was so well pleased with it that I expect to  loc.01834.002.jpgorder the following numbers until my favorite piece (Stretton)1 is concluded. I am interrupted every minute, and can say, in truth, that I write "under difficulties."

I shall be very glad to hear from you again.

Your friend Henry Hurt.  loc.01834.003.jpg  loc.01834.004.jpg

Correspondent:
Henry Hurt worked for the Washington Railroad Company. According to the Washington Chronicle of January 15, 1874, at that time he was the treasurer of the company.

Notes

  • 1. Hurt is referring to the novel Stretton by Henry Kingsley, an English novelist and the brother of the clergyman and professor Charles Kingsley; the novel was serialized in The Broadway from September 1868 to August 1869. [back]
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