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Walt Whitman to Albert Rhodes, 8 August [1876–1884]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Albert Rhodes, 8 August [1876–1884]
  • Date: August 8, [1876–1884]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03309
  • 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: Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Albert Rhodes, 8 August [1876–1884]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03309.xml (TEI)
 loc.03309.001_large.jpg 431 Stevens Street cor West1 Camden, 
 N Jersey Aug 8

Glad to get living sign from you again, my dear Albert Rhodes.—should be gladder still to have you come in & bless me with one of your cheery talks, as of old. Would accept with thanks "the French at Home"—I am hauled up here like an hold hulk, the voyaging done,—but the timbers may (or may not) hold together yet awhile—maintain good heart & spirits most of the time—

Walt Whitman  loc.03309.002_large.jpg

Correspondent:
During his career as a diplomat, Albert Rhodes (1840–1894) served as the United States Consul in the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Rhodes was also a frequent contributor of fiction and nonfiction to The Galaxy, The Century, and LIppincott's.

Notes

  • 1. Whitman wrote this letter between 1876 and 1884, while he lived with his brother and sister-in-law on Stevens Street in Camden. [back]
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