Emma Riley to Walt Whitman, 23 November [1883]

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Title: Emma Riley to Walt Whitman, 23 November [1883]
Date: November 23, 1883
Creator(s): Emma Riley
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03630
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Cite this page: Riley, Emma. "Emma Riley to Walt Whitman, 23 November [1883]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc.03630.001_large.jpg SOUTH HEATH,
HAMPSTEAD. N.W. London, Nov 23rd/83 Dear Sir

Will you also send me "Leaves of Grass" the same edition as "Specimen Days" that I may have your works complete. I have not loc.03630.002_large.jpg yet seen it but have read several of the poems—"Lines on a Locomotive" I cut out of a newspaper years ago before I knew your name thinking it very forcible & grand. Trusting that you still enjoy life & loc.03630.003_large.jpg that as sometimes happens the paralysis is decreasing & that you are surrounded by kind friends; & surely you must be for are not you the friend of every man!

I feel the confidence of me of those friends that you will find no presumption in my writing thus, & again loc.03630.004_large.jpg thanking you for the assurance of that brotherly feeling

Believe me Sincerely yours Emma Riley