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Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 August 1888

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 August 1888
  • Date: August 6, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00610
  • 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), 197. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Ryan Furlong Stefan Schöberlein Caterina Bernardini Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 August 1888." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nyp.00610.xml (TEI)
Camden1 Monday PM Aug: 6 '88

Hot & sweltering weather here now the sixth day—No good news to send you ab't my health—but no bad either—I keep [on?]—sitting up —but have not left my room—

Walt Whitman

Correspondent:
William Douglas O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of the grand and grandiloquent Whitman pamphlet The Good Gray Poet: A Vindication, published in 1866. For more on Whitman's relationship with O'Connor, see Deshae E. Lott, "O'Connor, William Douglas (1832–1889)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).

Notes

  • 1. This letter is endorsed: "Answ'd August 31/88." It is addressed: Wm D O'Connor | 1015 O Street | Washington | D C. It is postmarked: Camden (?) | Aug 6 | 8 PM | 88; Wash. D.C. Transit | Aug 7 | 7 AM | 88. [back]
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