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St Louis Missouri U S A1
Dec 15—
Yours of 1st inst:
rec'd forwarded from Camden here—Have been & am quite ill here,
getting better, & then bad relapses2—yesterday
& to-day decidedly improving—Soon after you receive this shall probably be
back in Camden—Will try to send you a photo: such as you desire—I hear
from John Burroughs—he is well—Arthur Peterson has gone to the Pacific,
bound round the world, 3 years trip—Merry Christmas to you &
all—
Walt Whitman
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Notes
- 1. This letter is addressed:
Herbert Gilchrist | 1 Elm Villas Elm Row | Heath Street Hampstead | London |
England. It is postmarked: Saint Louis | Dec | 15 | 6 PM | Mo; London N.W. | C7
| Paid | (?) 79. [back]
- 2. According to his diary,
Whitman had "very bad spells" from December 7 to 10,
"(sometimes tho't it all nearing the end)" (Walt Whitman
Review, 7 [1961], 12). [back]