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Asylum for the Insane,
London,
187
will suit you1—I shall expect you
to stay with us at least two months,
and as much longer as you can—we
will take some little excursions
about this part of Ontario and
you will see plenty to interest
you I know—The moment I
know whether or not I am to go
to Rhode Island I shall write
again
I am
Faithfully yours
RM Bucke2
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Notes
- 1. This partial letter from
Richard Maurice Bucke was most likely sent between Bucke's letter to Whitman of
November 4, 1877, and his letter of November 9, 1879. The Asylum moved from Hamilton to
London, Ontario, in February 1877, but Bucke was still apparently using
left-over stationery from Hamilton in November of that year. Whitman visited
Bucke in London in the summer of 1880. [back]
- 2. Whitman crossed out this
letter and wrote a series of notes on the back. [back]