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Walt Whitman to an Unidentified English Admirer, 1890

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to an Unidentified English Admirer, 1890
  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00928
  • Source: The location of this manuscript is unknown. Edwin Haviland Miller derives his transcription from a catalog published by G. A. Baker & Company, September 16, 1941. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 141. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Andrew David King Cristin Noonan Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to an Unidentified English Admirer, 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: med.00928.xml (TEI)
Camden1 1890

Am sitting up as I write . . . but quite completely physically disabled. [WW thanked the correspondent for his $5.00 in payment for a book.]

Correspondent:
As yet we have no information about this correspondent.

Notes

  • 1. The text is probably from a post card which, when discovered, will identify the recipient and probably the exact date. [back]
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