Lavinia F. Whitman to Walt Whitman, 20 December [1891]

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Title: Lavinia F. Whitman to Walt Whitman, 20 December [1891]
Date: December 20, [1891]
Creator(s): Lavinia F. Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04858
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Cite this page: Whitman, Lavinia F.. "Lavinia F. Whitman to Walt Whitman, 20 December [1891]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 10 September 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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My dear friend, much do I regret to hear of your increased illness—yet, let us hope for the best—we cannot think of loosing you—

With great regard Lavinia F. Whitman 2337 N. 18th— Dec. 20th—

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Correspondent:
Lavinia Fanning Watson Whitman (1818–1900) was the eldest daughter of John Fanning Watson—author of Annals of Philadelphia (1830) and a well known historian of Philadelphia and New York City—and his wife Phebe Barron Crowell. In 1846, Lavinia became the first woman to sponsor a United States Navy ship when she christened the sloop-of-war, the USS Germantown, in Philadelphia. She married Harrison Gray Otis Whitman, a son of Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ezekial Whitman.

Notes

1. This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman Esq | Camden | N.J. It is postmarked: Philadelphia, P.A. | Dec 21 | 7PM | 91 | Camden, N.J. | DEC22 | 6 AM | 91 | Rec'd. [back]