Title: Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 25 January 1866
Date: January 25, 1866
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00202
Source: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection, New York Public Library. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 1:272. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang, Bev Rilett, Vanessa Steinroetter, and Alyssa Olson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT HOUSE BOARD. Washington
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1862
May come around & take a cup of tea with you after dinner.
Walt
1. Endorsed: "Jan. 25, 1866." This letter is addressed: Mr. O'Connor. [back]
2. The only evidence for the date is the endorsement, which appears to be in O'Connor's hand. [back]