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Walt Whitman to U.S. Postmaster, 24 June 1891

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to U.S. Postmaster, 24 June 1891
  • Date: June 24, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04345
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Cristin Noonan Andrew David King Alex Ashland Amanda J. Axley
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to U.S. Postmaster, 24 June 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 May 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04345.xml (TEI)
 loc_vm.00717_large.jpg Postmaster1

Please pay2 Warren Fritzinger3

Walt Whitman Camden June 24 1891  loc_vm.00718_large.jpg

Look over those four orders carefully—I fear you have estimated against yourself

Walt Whitman

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Notes

  • 1. Whitman wrote this note on an envelope, crossing out the original address, which reads in an unknown hand: "Wm C. Briggs. — | Lyman | Mass | 20 []ntham St." [back]
  • 2. On the verso of the envelope, Whitman has calculated the following sum: 6.00 + 13.17 + 1.71 + 7.05 = 27.93. [back]
  • 3. Frank Warren Fritzinger (1867–1899), known as "Warry," took Edward Wilkins's place as Whitman's nurse, beginning in October 1889. Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain who went blind, and Almira E. Fritzinger. Following Henry Sr.'s death, Warren and his brother—having lost both parents—became wards of Mary O. Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his estate. A picture of Warry is displayed in the May 1891 New England Magazine (278). See Joann P. Krieg, "Fritzinger, Frederick Warren (1866–1899)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998), 240. [back]
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