Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, [30 October 1877]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, [30 October 1877]
Date: October 30, 1877
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: upa.00164
Source: Walt Whitman Collection, 1842–1957, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania . The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 101–102. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Grace Thomas Eder Jaramillo Kevin McMullen
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, [30 October 1877]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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431 Stevens Street1 Camden Tuesday forenoon2

As I write (9–10 o'clock) it looks so stormy it is probable I shall not be over this evening—I had a good night, & have just had a good breakfast, & am feeling comfortable—

W.W.

Notes

1. The postcard bears the address: Mrs Gilchrist | 1929 North 22d Street | Philadelphia. It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Oct | 30 | 1 PM | Pa. [back]
2. The date of this postcard is established by the postmark. October 30 occurred on Tuesday in 1877. On November 1 Whitman wrote in The Commonplace Book: "walked a-foot in Phil: and C[amden]—more than for four years, at any one time" (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]