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John W. Hunter and Samuel A. Haynes to Walt Whitman, 16 January 1892

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  • Title: John W. Hunter and Samuel A. Haynes to Walt Whitman, 16 January 1892
  • Date: January 16, 1892
  • Creator(s): John W. Hunter | Samuel A. Haynes
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03735
  • 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: Cristin Noonan Amanda J. Axley Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Hunter, John W. and Samuel A. Haynes. "John W. Hunter and Samuel A. Haynes to Walt Whitman, 16 January 1892." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 11 May 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03735.xml (TEI)
 loc.03735.002_large.jpg SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYNITES.1

You are requested to attend the funeral of our late brother,2

FRANCIS B. STRYKER,3 from his late residence, No. 260 Jay Street, on MONDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1892, at 2 o'clock, P.M.

JOHN W. HUNTER, President. S.A. HAYNES, Secretary.  loc.03735.001_large.jpg

Correspondents:
John Ward Hunter (1807–1900) began his career as a clerk in a grocery store and worked in banking before being elected as a United States Representative of New York so that he could complete the term of James Humphrey (1811–1866). Hunter served in Congress from 1866 until 1867 and was not nominated for reelection. He was later elected to serve as the mayor of Brooklyn in 1875 and 1876, and he became the first President of the Society of Old Brooklynites.

Little is known about Samuel A. Haynes beyond his work as the Secretary for the Society of Old Brooklynites.

Notes

  • 1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman | 431 Stevens St. | Camden. | New Jersey. It is postmarked: CAMDEN, N.J. | JAN16 | 6 AM | 92 | REC'D. [back]
  • 2. Whitman had been elected to the Society of Old Brooklynites in 1880 (the year the organization was founded); he told Horace Traubel: "I submitted to it as to a necessary courtesy—that was all" (Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Saturday, June 23, 1888). [back]
  • 3. The carpenter and politician Francis B. Stryker (1811–1892) served as Mayor of Brooklyn in the mid-1840s before moving on to hold the offices of County Clerk and Superintendent of Sewers, a position he held until 1875. [back]
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