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Walt Whitman to Emily Ingram, 20 March 1890

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Emily Ingram, 20 March 1890
  • Date: March 20, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: unl.00002
  • Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Ian Faith Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Emily Ingram, 20 March 1890." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: unl.00002.xml (TEI)
 unl_es.00003.jpg Camden1 PM March 20 '90

Thanks for the beautiful Bermuda white lilies wh' arrived in perfect order & are now in a big stone water cup before me—(one sent to the sick lady next door)

Walt Whitman  unl_es.00004.jpg

Correspondent:
Emily Ingram was the daughter of William Ingram, a Quaker who ran a Philadelphia tea store and was a friend of Whitman's. Emily graduated from Penn Medical University and provided care at prisons in the region.

Notes

  • 1. This postal card is addressed: Dr Emily J Ingram | Telford Penn:. It is postmarked: Camden | Mar 20 | 8 PM | 90. [back]
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