Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 26 February [1867]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 26 February [1867]
Date: February 26, 1867
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00259
Source: The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 315–316. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 26 February [1867]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Tuesday afternoon
February 26.1 My dear Nelly,

I will be at the house in time to go with you & see the Capitol lighted. About the dinner, (thank you for your kind invitation2,) I fear I shall not be with you to-day.

Walt.

Notes

1. This letter is endorsed, "Ans'd." Its envelope bears the address, "Ellen M. O'Connor." [back]
2. William O'Connor had invited Walt Whitman to dinner earlier that day, but Whitman wrote in his February 26, 1867 letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman that he would likely not accept the offer as, "I believe I don't care to go to-day." [back]