The Walt Whitman Archive
Life & Letters
Correspondence
About this Item
Title: Walt Whitman to J. Christopher Starr, 8 March 1881
Date: March 8, 1881
Whitman Archive ID: usc.00002
Source: Joel Myerson Collection. 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: Alex Ashland, Stefan Schöberlein, Caterina Bernardini, and Stephanie Blalock
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431 Stevens Street
Camden New Jersey U S A
March 8 '811
Dear Sir
The $10. (P.O. order) has safely reach'd me—thanks—
Walt Whitman
Correspondent:
Little is known about J.
Christopher Starr (1846–1877) except that he was likely a botanist or a
farmer from Nova Scotia (associated with the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers'
Association) and that he was married to Anna Sophia Starr, née Chipman
(1846–1877).
Notes:
1. This transcription is derived from Joel Myerson's facsimile reproduction of Whitman's original manuscript (Joel Myerson, The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, New York: Garland Publishing, 1993.) The letter is addressed: J. Christopher Starr | Port Williams | Kings County | Nova Scotia. It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Mar 10 | 2AM | PA.; Camden | Mar | [illegible] | 5PM | N.J. There is one additional postmark, but it is entirely illegible. [back]