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Camden, New Jersey1
328 Mickle Street—ab't 100 rods from Federal st.
ferry (from foot of Market St. Phila: side)2
Yes—I shall be home Sunday afternoon—Shall be glad to see you—Ab't
3 will be a good time—but suit your convenience3
Walt Whitman
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Correspondent:
Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an
American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent with Walt Whitman.
Conway often acted as Whitman's agent and occasional public relations man in
England. For more on Conway, see Philip W. Leon, "Conway, Moncure Daniel (1832–1907)," Walt
Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New
York: Garland Publishing, 1998).
Notes
- 1. Notes from the holding
library that accompany this postal card indicate that it was "Removed from Van
Sinderen copy of WW's "Franklin Evans" (New World, II,
10). [back]
- 2. This postal card is
addressed: Moncure D Conway | care of G DeB Keim | 2009 De Lancey Place |
Philadelphia. It is postmarked: Camden | Mar 19 | 12 M | 1887 | N.J.; Received |
Mar 19 1887 | 1 PM | Phila. [back]
- 3. Whitman noted the visit
in his Commonplace Book (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt
Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.) on March 20
without comment. [back]