Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, [1867?]

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Title: Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, [1867?]
Date: 1867?
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00275
Source: The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, 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), 355. 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 William D. O'Connor, [1867?]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office Washington, 181 Dear William—

Come down a moment & have lunch with me—a biscuit & a glass of wine & water—& tell me about Nelly's getting off—I fully intended to be round this morning, & accompany her & you to the cars—but overslept myself—I was quite vexed at it.

Come immediately—

Walt

Notes

1. The contents of this note are too brief and indefinite to make dating certain. It could, for example, refer to any one of a number of publishing ventures in the period between 1865 and 1867, either O'Connor's or Whitman's. [back]