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Asa K. McIlhaney to Walt Whitman, 11 October 1889

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  • Title: Asa K. McIlhaney to Walt Whitman, 11 October 1889
  • Date: October 11, 1889
  • Creator(s): Asa K. McIllhaney | Asa K. McIlhaney
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03248
  • 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.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kirby Little Ashlyn Stewart Breanna Himschoot Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: McIllhaney, Asa K. and Asa K. McIlhaney. "Asa K. McIlhaney to Walt Whitman, 11 October 1889." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 29 October 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03248.xml (TEI)
 loc.03248.001.jpg Bath, Pa., Oct. 11—1889 Mr. Walt Whitman, Dear Sir—

Last spring I wrote to you informing you that the pupils of the public schools of this place, contemplated planting a tree and naming it in honor of you. But as I did not receive an answer from you, and thinking that my letter miscarried, I concluded to write again, and name the tree of their planting of the next "Arbor Day"—Oct. 18" 1889, in honor of you. I would be pleased to receive a letter from you giving the pupils some encouragement in this grand work of tree-planting—I will read it to them on "Arbor Day" which we celebrate one week from today—Hoping to hear from you—I am—

Very truly yours— A K McIlhaney Principal of Schools—  loc.03248.002.jpg

Correspondent:
Asa K. McIlhaney (1867–1946) was a local historian, naturalist, and author from Northhampton county, Pennsylvania. He worked as a teacher at the grammar school in Bath, Pennsylvania, and later as a principal. For more information on McIlhaney, see "Asa K. McIlhaney: The Monocacy School's Most Famous Teacher," The Governor's Gossip: Newsletter of the Governor Wolf Historical Society (November 2016), 6.

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