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Title: E. V. Garrison to Walt Whitman, 11 August 1884

Date: August 11, 1884

Whitman Archive ID: loc.05820

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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Monday—Aug 11th /84

Dear Mr Whitman

This evening those same young men are coming to spend the evening with me, won't you join us, and be welcomed by your friend1


E. V. Garrison


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Notes:

1. On the back of this letter, Whitman began drafting notes for an article about himself, titled "Walt Whitman in Camden" which appeared in The Critic on February 28, 1885, under the signature of George Selwyn. It was reprinted in Authors at Home, ed. J. L. and J. B. Gilder (1888), and in Critic Pamphlet No. 2 (1898). [back]


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