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[J]EWELER.
Public Square, Chambersburg,
Pa.
Chambersburg, Pa.,
June 23/ 1884
Mr Walt Whitman
Camden N.J.
D. Sir.
Kindly quote your complete works & oblige
Yours very truly
Geo. W. Ludwig1
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Correspondent:
George W. Ludwig
(1856–1902) was a jeweler in Chambersburg, PA. He later studied medicine
and was granted his M.D. by the University of Maryland in 1898.
Notes
- 1. On the back of this letter,
Whitman wrote 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]