The Walt Whitman Archive
Life & Letters
Correspondence
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Title: Walt Whitman to Andrew Carnegie, 1 February 1888
Date: February 1, 1888
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00696
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), 4:146. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Braden Krien, Ryan Furlong, Ian Faith, and Stephanie Blalock
328 Mickle Street
Camden New Jersey
Feb: 1 '88—1
Thanks for the books, (three) wh' have arrived, & will be treasured. When in Phila. come over here & see me—I have a copy of Leaves of Grass for you—(would mail it if I knew the right address)2—
Walt Whitman
Correspondent:
Andrew Carnegie
(1835–1919), the prominent industrialist and admirer of Whitman, had
donated twice to the support of the aged poet.
Notes:
1. This letter is addressed: Andrew Carnegie | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden, N.J. | Feb 2 | 6am | 88; | P.O. | 2-2-88 | 10-1A | N.Y. [back]
2. Whitman sent this postcard to "New York City"; someone added "5 West 51st St." Carnegie contributed $50 to the fund that paid for Whitman's nurse (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, March 27, 1889). [back]