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CHARLES F. WINGATE,
CONSULTING SANITARY ENGINEER,
No. 119 PEARL STREET,
NEW YORK.
New York,1
April 18th,
1890
Dear Sir,
As an old admirer will you permit me to ask what book or books have you found in your
experience to supply comfort or consolation to the sorrowing.
I am compiling a little memorial volume2—
Yours truly
C. F. Wingate
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Correspondent:
In March 1870, Charles Frederick Wingate
(1848–1909) was serving as a New York correspondent for the Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts. In the 1880s
and 90s, he became Sanitary Engineer in New York City, delivering lectures and
writing newspaper columns about the city's sanitation practices and
problems.
Notes
- 1. This letter is addressed:
Walt Whitman Esq | Camden | New Jersey. It is postmarked: New York | Apr23 | 11
AM | P; Camden, N.J. | Apr | 23 | 4PM | 1890 | Rec'd. [back]
- 2. Wingate enclosed a flyer
with information about the Twilight Club, including the organization's
"Principles." He also sent a printed summary of the club's recent "173d Dinner"
that was held on April 10, 1890, when the question discussed for the evening was
"Do you believe in Ghosts?." [back]