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Elizabeth Porter Gould to Walt Whitman, 16 April 1891

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  • Title: Elizabeth Porter Gould to Walt Whitman, 16 April 1891
  • Date: April 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Elizabeth Porter Gould
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.02231
  • 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: Ethan Heusser Cristin Noonan Breanna Himschoot Jason McCormick Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Gould, Elizabeth Porter. "Elizabeth Porter Gould to Walt Whitman, 16 April 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.02231.xml (TEI)
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A1 thousand thanks, my dear poet, for the added kindness—Next to greeting you personally is possessing a picture so redolent of nature's friendliness you know so well. God bless you!

Loyally yours. E. P. G.  loc_jm.00133.jpg See notes: Aug 6 1891  loc.02231.003_large.jpg  loc.02231.004_large.jpg

Correspondent:
Elizabeth Porter Gould (1848–1906) was a Massachusetts writer and reformer who edited the collection Gems from Walt Whitman (1889), a selection of poems from Leaves of Grass that she condensed to create short poetic "gems."

Notes

  • 1. Gould's name and address are printed on the verso of her postal card as follows: Miss Gould. | 131 Chestnut St. Gould has also written in ink her full name and the city as follows: Elizabeth Porter Gould | Chelsea. This postal card is addressed: Walt Whitman | Camden. | New Jersey. It is postmarked: CHELSEA STA. MASS. | APR 16 | 5–PM | 1891; CAMDEN, N.J. | APR | 17 | [illegible] | 1891 | REC'D. [back]
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