Title: Walt Whitman to Franklin B. Sanborn, 14 November 1882
Date: November 14, 1882
Whitman Archive ID: mas.00002
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431 Stevens Street1
Camden New Jersey
Nov:
14
'82
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Dear friend S—
I have rec'd from Boston the "Life of Thoreau"2—(& suppose I am indebted to you for it—real thanks)—The telling of Life after all refuses to be put in a polish'd, formal, consecutive statement—better, living glints, samples, autographic letters above all, memoranda of friends &c—You have pursued this plan & the result justifies—Froude's late "Carlyle," a precious book, pursues it too—& succeeds—
Walt Whitman
1. This post card is addressed: F B Sanborn | Concord | Mass:. It is postmarked: Camden | Nov | 14 | 5 PM | N.J. [back]
2. Sanborn's Henry D. Thoreau appeared in the "American Men of Letters" series in 1882. [back]