I was reading an article in a Magazine the other day; & came across an interesting account of a birthday meeting of your friends,1 & at this late day would like to add my greeting to you, as an old friend.
May the good "Lord" give you continued life and loving friends to cheer you on the journey.
Please remember me to Jeff.2 Can you give me his address.
From your friend, Sam'l G. Stanley 323 Macon St Sam'l G Stanley Brooklyn loc_gt.00070_large.jpg S.G. StanleyCorrespondent:
Samuel Goodman Stanley
(1830–1909) was raised in Brooklyn before heading to California during the
1849 Gold Rush. Upon returning from California in the early 1850s, Stanley
established a sash and blind building company, with two branches in Brooklyn and
Washington D.C. According to Stanley's letter to Whitman of July 13, 1886, he was an old friend of the poet's
from Brooklyn. During the Civil War years, Stanley seems to have been in
Washington, and he recalled standing near Secretary Chase's residence when
Abraham Lincoln passed by.