Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 27 August [1872] a machine readable transcription Walt Whitman Kenneth M. Price Ed Folsom Transcription and encoding The Walt Whitman Archive Staff Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2012 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 duk.00660 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman Edwin Haviland Miller The Correspondence New York New York University Press 1961–1977 2 183–184 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 27 August [1872] August 27, 1872 II-9B The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Walt Whitman Louisa Van Velsor Whitman added schematron declaration checked checked encoded extracted transcription from Major Authors cd Washington Tuesday afternoon Aug. 27. Dearest mother,

There is nothing particular for me to write about. I am well as usual, and getting along all right, except the hot weather. That continues here without much let up—Mother, I hope the things have arrived by this time, & that you have got your bed fixed. I have had a visitor to–day & yesterday, a young Hungarian gentleman, quite agreeable, talks English well, quite a traveler—went over to the White House with him yesterday, & went all through—the President & family are away, but Gen. Dent conducted us through, & was very polite. Mrs. O'Connor made me a call Saturday, & John Burroughs to–day—

Mother dear, as soon as I hear from you, I will write more particular about my coming to Camden for a day or two. Mother, I shall probably send the order in my next.

Walt—