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Title: Walt Whitman to Albert Johnston, 10 August [1884]

Date: August 10, 1884

Whitman Archive ID: loc.02426

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.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.

Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schöberlein, Kyle Barton, Ian Faith, and Nicole Gray



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Camden
Sunday Evn'g Aug 101

Dear Boy Al

The 25 arrived safely2—thanks—I am about as usual, only extra lameness—I am coming soon—Love to father, mother, May and all—


W W


Correspondent:
Albert Johnston was the son of John H. Johnston, a New York jeweler and friend of Whitman.

Notes:

1. This postal card is addressed: Al Joh[nston] | J[ewel]er | [illegible] 0 Bowery, cor: Broome | New York City. It is postmarked: [illegible]ILADELPHIA | PA | [illegible] 1 84 | [illegible] AM; A | 8 [illegible] | [illegible] A | N.Y. [back]

2. This was a payment for the purchase of Whitman's portrait (see the letter from Whitman to John H. Johnston of March 27, 1884). [back]


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