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Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1886

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  • Title: Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1886
  • Date: October 5, 1886
  • Creator(s): Charles F. Wingate
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04500
  • 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: Alex Kinnaman Stefan Schöberlein Ian Faith Kyle Barton Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Wingate, Charles F.. "Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 5 October 1886." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04500.xml (TEI)
 loc_vm.01526_large.jpg CHARLES F. WINGATE,1 CONSULTING SANITARY ENGINEER, NO. 119 PEARL STREET, [Hanover Square.] New York Oct 5 1886 Dear Sir,

Poet of Democracy have you no message to the struggling masses, [illegible] for Henry George2 in New York—

Speak with no uncertain sound

Yours C F Wingate  loc_vm.01527_large.jpg  loc_vm.01528_large.jpg  loc_vm.01529_large.jpg

Correspondent:
In March 1870, Charles Frederick Wingate (1848–1909) was serving as a New York correspondent for the Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts. In the 1880s and 90s, he became Sanitary Engineer in New York City, delivering lectures and writing newspaper columns about the city's sanitation practices and problems.

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman Esq | Camden | NJ. The return address is: CHARLES F. WINGATE, | CONSULTING SANITARY ENGINEER, | Expert Examination of Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation, | NO. 119 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. It is postmarked: NEW YORK | OCT 5 | 1 PM | 86; CAMDEN, N.J. | OCT | 6 | 7 AM | 1886 | REC'D. [back]
  • 2. Henry George (1839–1897) was an American writer and political economist whose writings inspired a variety of reform movements in the Progessive Era. [back]
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