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Title: Elizabeth Porter Gould to Walt Whitman, 16 April 1891

Date: April 16, 1891

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.

Editorial note: The annotation, "See notes: Aug 6 1891," is in the hand of Horace Traubel.

Contributors to digital file: Ethan Heusser, Cristin Noonan, Breanna Himschoot, Jason McCormick, and Stephanie Blalock



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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.


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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