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Augustus W. Bomberger to Walt Whitman, September [1884?]

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  • Title: Augustus W. Bomberger to Walt Whitman, September [1884?]
  • Date: September [1884?]
  • Creator(s): Augustus W. Bomberger
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.07075
  • 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: Marie Ernster Amanda J. Axley Paige Wilkinson Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Bomberger, Augustus W.. "Augustus W. Bomberger to Walt Whitman, September [1884?]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.07075.xml (TEI)
 loc_jc.00792.jpg Collegevil[cut-away] Sept[cut-away] To— Mr. Walt Whitman, Camden, N.J. Dear Sir:

You can[cut-away] blige me by sending me you au[cut-away] the slip of paper in the enclose[cut-away] envelope.

Allow me to remain, Yours Respectf[cut-away] A. W. Bomb[cut-away]  loc_jc.00788.jpg

Correspondent:
Likely Augustus Wight Bomberger (1864–1916), son of the Reverend John Henry Augustus Bomberger—a theologian and the first president of Ursinus College, in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. A. W. Bomberger graduated from Ursinus College in 1882. He was the author of A Book on Birds (1912) and a collection of poetry, New Songs of Nature (1915).

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