J. L. Hoefley to Walt Whitman, 5 November 1891

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Title: J. L. Hoefley to Walt Whitman, 5 November 1891
Date: November 5, 1891
Creator(s): J. L. Hoefley
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04347
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loc_vm.00725_large.jpg UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, DELAWARE County, State of OHIO M. O. B.1 Nov 5 1891 Walt Whitman Camden, N.J.

No such order in our office.2

Very Respectfully J. L. Hoefley P.M.

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loc_vm.00723_large.jpg see notes Nov 14 1891

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Correspondent:
As yet we have no information about this correspondent.

1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman | Camden | N.J. It is postmarked: DELAWARE | NOV | 6 | 11 AM | 1891 | OHIO; CAMDEN, N.J. | NOV 6 | 6 PM | 91 | REC'D. [back]
2. Horace Traubel notes that the Delaware postmaster enclosed Whitman's original query with his reply, observing that Hoefley "evidently did not appreciate the value of [Whitman's] autograph" (see Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Saturday, November 14, 1891). [back]