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Annie Fields to Walt Whitman, 13 March 1887

 loc.02049.001_large.jpg My dear Sir:

I hope you will do us the favor to accept the enclosed invitation! And will you kindly take a bed at this house and allow the committee to defray the expenses of your journey?

Looking for a favorable reply and a promise to be my guest,2 I remain

Very truly yours Annie Fields  loc.02049.002_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) was a Bostonian writer. She was the wife of James Thomas Fields (of Ticknor & Fields) and had a literary salon at 148 Charles St.


Notes

  • 1. A line has been drawn from near the upper left corner of the page to the bottom of the letter, near the lower right corner. [back]
  • 2. There is no indication Whitman ever replied. [back]
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