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Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1890

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  • Title: Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1890
  • Date: April 18, 1890
  • Creator(s): Charles F. Wingate
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04501
  • 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: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Ian Faith Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Wingate, Charles F.. "Charles F. Wingate to Walt Whitman, 18 April 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04501.xml (TEI)
 loc_vm.01530.jpg CHARLES F. WINGATE, CONSULTING SANITARY ENGINEER, No. 119 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. New York,1 April 18th, 1890 Dear Sir,

As an old admirer will you permit me to ask what book or books have you found in your experience to supply comfort or consolation to the sorrowing.

I am compiling a little memorial volume2—

Yours truly C. F. Wingate  loc_vm.01531.jpg  loc_vm.01532.jpg  loc_vm.01533.jpg  loc_vm.01534.jpg  loc_vm.01535.jpg  loc_vm.01536.jpg  loc_vm.01537.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 | New Jersey. It is postmarked: New York | Apr23 | 11 AM | P; Camden, N.J. | Apr | 23 | 4PM | 1890 | Rec'd. [back]
  • 2. Wingate enclosed a flyer with information about the Twilight Club, including the organization's "Principles." He also sent a printed summary of the club's recent "173d Dinner" that was held on April 10, 1890, when the question discussed for the evening was "Do you believe in Ghosts?." [back]
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