George M. Culy Williamson to Walt Whitman, 21 December 1888
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Cordner & Williamson,1
Importers
—or—
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs,
311 Church Street.
New York,
Dec 211888
Dear Mr Whitman
Enclosed I send you a small Christmas gift and hope it will not be the last that you will be able to receive from me. Wishing you many merry Christmases
I remain yours G M Williamson
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Williamson
Correspondent:
George M. Williamson (b. 1850) was
a New York book collector who contacted Whitman several times about purchasing
manuscripts, and later published Catalogue of A Collection of
Books, Letters, and Manuscripts written by Walt Whitman, in the Library of
George M. Williamson, Grand View on Hudson (New York: The Marion Press,
1903). Other items in Williamson's collection, which was sold at auction in
1908, included George Washington's copy of Don Quixote, a
presentation copy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline," Nathaniel
Hawthorne's annotated copy of The Scarlet Letter, and "a
very remarkable collection of Walt Whitman's works" (The
George M. Williamson Collection [Anderson Galleries, Inc.,
1908]).
Notes
- 1. A single line is drawn through the center of Williamson's letter. [back]