Elmer B. Lane to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1888

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Title: Elmer B. Lane to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1888
Date: June 16, 1888
Creator(s): Elmer B. Lane
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05835
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: Lane, Elmer B.. "Elmer B. Lane to Walt Whitman, 16 June 1888." 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_no.00081.jpg CHESTER T. LANE
Principal of High School
Fort Wayne, Ind., June 16 1888 Mr Walter Whitman: Dear Sir,

Will you have the kindness to oblige a boy of eleven by writing your name on the enclosed card and mailing in the enclosed envelope?

Yours respectfully Elmer B. Lane

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Correspondent:
Little is known about Elmer B. Lane. He would go on to become the manager of a branch of a typewriter company in England. His father, Chester T. Lane, was a well-known educator who served as the principal of Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.