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John Russell Young to Walt Whitman, 3 February 1883

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  • Title: John Russell Young to Walt Whitman, 3 February 1883
  • Date: February 3, 1883
  • Creator(s): John Russell Young
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04888
  • 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: Stefan Schoeberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Eder Jaramillo Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Young, John Russell. "John Russell Young to Walt Whitman, 3 February 1883." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 10 May 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04888.xml (TEI)
 loc_vm.01590_large.jpg see notes Dec 15 1888 Legation of the United States.  
 Peking, February 3rd—188: My dear Mr. Whitman:—

I have seen a paragraph in the press to the effect that you are not in good health.—I was sorry to read it, & trust you will not regard as an intrusion a word of kindness and goodwill from an admirer and a friend, ten thousand miles away.—I was glad to have seen you before I left, and apparently destined to live many, many years.—I trust that what I have read was a mere newspaper exaggeration, and in sending you this wish, I send the assurances of my gratitude & esteem, & pray that it may find you enjoying a very happy New Year.—

Yours sincerely, Jno Russell Young. Walt Whitman Esq.  loc_vm.01591_large.jpg
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