Walt Whitman to Blaine and Mary Donaldson, 25 December [1884]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Blaine and Mary Donaldson, 25 December [1884]
Date: December 25, 1884
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01477
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 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.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Blaine and Mary Donaldson, 25 December [1884]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 13 January 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc.01477.003_large.jpg Christmas—1884—'5 328 Mickle Street Camden N J1

Thanks my loving young friends for the magnificent chair—so opportune—will be so useful to me daily, hourly—Will soon come up & see you & your father & mother

Walt Whitman

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Correspondent:
Blaine and Mary Donaldson were the children of Thomas Donaldson, a lawyer from Philadelphia and a friend of Whitman.

Notes

1. This letter is addressed: Blaine and Mary | Donaldson | 326 North 40th Street | Philadelphia. It is postmarked: CAMDEN | DEC | 26 | 6 AM | 1884 | N.J. [back]