Leo Spitzer to Walt Whitman, 17 March 1891

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Title: Leo Spitzer to Walt Whitman, 17 March 1891
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator(s): Leo Spitzer
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05736
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.
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Cite this page: Spitzer, Leo. "Leo Spitzer to Walt Whitman, 17 March 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_jyc.00046_large.jpg New York 3/17/91. Walt Whitman Esq No. 328 Mickel St. Camden, N.J. U.S. of A. Dear Fellow Countryman,

I take the Liberty to transmit you two marked copies for your kind perusal, if the same will prove acceptable to you gratis from myself, I shall feel highly honored & very happy. Concluding I wish you merited prosperity & a happy long life.—

I remain Fraternally as to All, Leo Spitzer. No. 352 East 52 St New York City, New York

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Correspondent:
Little is known about Leo Spitzer, who was living in New York in 1891. Spitzer published an article, signed with the same closing and address as this letter, around the same time as he wrote this letter. The article describes the February 1891 funeral procession for William Tecumseh Sherman, who served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. See Leo Spitzer, "William Tecumseh Sherman," The National Echo: Devoted to the Sons and Daughters of Veterans 3.3–5 (March, April, & May 1891), 7.