Henry Braid Wilson to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1879

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Title: Henry Braid Wilson to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1879
Date: August 13, 1879
Creator(s): Henry Braid Wilson
Whitman Archive ID: loc.07060
Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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.
Contributors to digital file: Jeannette Schollaert Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Wilson, Henry Braid. "Henry Braid Wilson to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1879." 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_js.00227_large.jpg Post Office, Camden, N. J. Aug 13th 1879 Respectfully

Please examine correspondance and return to this office

H.B Wilson P.M. for Abels Very respectfully To Walt Whitman Esq

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Correspondent:
Henry Braid Wilson (1828–1898) was postmaster of Camden during Rutherford B. Hayes's presidential term, from 1877 to 1881. Wilson spent much of his life as a civil servant in Camden, including terms as City Council member and president. The H. B. Wilson School in Camden, which opened in 1907, is named in his honor. He is the father of Admiral Henry Braid Wilson Jr., who served as a naval officer in the First World War.