Enclosed please find a sea weed from the Pacific Coast.1 In gathering them I was often reminded of the title of your book "Leaves of Grass" and think it might please you for a passing moment I send it with the hope you may pass a comfortable day.
Yours Respectfully Harry E. Boutelle To Mr Walt Whitman Camden N.J.Correspondent:
This correspondent is
possibly Harrison Earl Boutelle (1856–1897) who was the son of the
self-taught artist De Witt Clinton Boutelle (1820–1881) and his wife
Frances Amelia Hildreth Boutelle (1827–1897). Harry Boutelle was a clerk
and salesman in Philadelphia.