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Title: Maggie Biddle to Walt Whitman, 4 June 1890
Date: June 4, 1890
Whitman Archive ID: loc.07083
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.
Related item: Whitman drafted a poem titled "For us two, reader dear" on the same page as this letter.
Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett, Ian Faith, Jason McCormick, and Stephanie Blalock
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Mr Walt Whitman
Camden, N.J.
Dear Friend,
Just a "Birthday Greeting," from beyond the "Rockies," that you may have many happy returns.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Noble T. Biddle
San José Cal.
June 4th 1890
Correspondent:
Maggie Pepper Van Reed Biddle was a
native of Pennsylvania and married Noble T. Biddle (1840–1902), a lawyer,
in 1865. They lived in Elkton, Maryland, and then moved to San José,
California, in 1881, where Mr. Biddle became a prominent attorney.