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Walt Whitman to William C. Bryant, [18 October 1884]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to William C. Bryant, [18 October 1884]
  • Date: October 18, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05854
  • Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 380. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schöberlein Kyle Barton Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to William C. Bryant, [18 October 1884]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Thanks1 for your kind letter about the little Red Jacket bit2 &c.—Best wishes to you, wife, children & (unknown) friends there—

Correspondent:
William C. Bryant (1830–1898), a lawyer and president of the Buffalo Historical Society, was responsible for placing the remains of Red Jacket and other Senecan chiefs in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Notes

  • 1. This is a draft letter. [back]
  • 2. "Red Jacket (from Aloft)" was printed in Transactions of the Buffalo Historical Society, 3 (1885), 105. [back]
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