It has been along time since I have heard from you so I thought that I would write you aline and let you know that I am well and enjoying good health and I hope that you may recieve the same Blessing I have writen to you thrice before but have recieved no answer. Now Walt I have not forgoten you. I look at the picture I fancy that it looks just like you every time I look at it if I wish you are here that I might shake hands with you I &c
if you get this I think you will write to me
yal.00132.002_large.jpgWell Walt I must tell you the news nothine so vary new. Walt on the 19th day of aug last I took A pardner for life. She proves vary kind to me so far and I trust that She will hold out.1 Walt I dont say much bout Election2 so adont think of much to write as this makes the third that I write to your one. & so good luck to you if we never see each others face again but trust to providence. I will draw to a close so good by .
Address Williamson Wayne Co N. Y. Walt Whitman Washington D.C.Correspondent:
Alfred E. Pratt (1847–1900)
was the son of John B. Pratt
(1820–1906), a cooper and laborer in the wood products industry, and Nancy
Pratt (1826–1912). Alfred Pratt was a farmer and a Union soldier during the Civil War; he served as
a private in the 8th Regiment, New York Cavalry and was recovering from an
illness when he met Whitman at Armory Square Hospital in Washington, D. C.
Whitman communicated with Pratt's parents about their son's condition.
Additional information about Pratt is contained in this letter and
those of June 10, 1865, August 7, 1865, August 26, 1865, September 27, 1866, January
29, 1867, July 25, 1867, September 29, 1867, October
28, 1867, July 1, 1869, January 14, 1870, and January 20, 1870.