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Title: Annie Tolman Smith to Walt Whitman, 6 June 1871
Date: June 6, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01902
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, "AT Smith," is in the hand of Walt Whitman.
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My dear
Mr Whitman
Please write Your Autograph & Enclose in the Accompanying Envelope I appreciate the Many [illegible] [illegible] favors Asked of You feel desire Your Autograph So Much to Add to My Already Good Collection that I trouble you—Please oblige one of Your Greatest Admirers.
Sincerely
A T. Smith
Baltimore
June 6th
1871.
Correspondent:
Anna Tolman Smith (1840–1917) was
an American writer and educator who wrote reports for the United States Office of Education for more than
thirty-five years (American Association for the Advancement of Science, General Program of the Meeting
[Washington: The Association, 1969] 40:77). She was the author of "Progress of Education for Women," which
was published in the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior
(U.S. Government Printing Office, 1871).