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Walt Whitman to Franklin B. Sanborn, 14 November 1882

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Franklin B. Sanborn, 14 November 1882
  • Date: November 14, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: mas.00002
  • Source: Massachusetts Historical Society. 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.

    Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kirsten Clawson Nima Najafi Kianfar Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Franklin B. Sanborn, 14 November 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: mas.00002.xml (TEI)
 mas.00002.001_large.jpg 431 Stevens Street1  
 Camden New Jersey Nov:​ 14 '82​ — 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  mas.00002.002_large.jpg

Notes

  • 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]
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