Walt Whitman to John R. and Rebecca B. Johnston, 9 February 1875 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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 med.00430 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Janel Cayer Kenneth M. Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Edwin Haviland Miller Walt Whitman The Correspondence New York New York University Press 1961–1977 322–323 2 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to John R. and Rebecca B. Johnston, 9 February 1875 February 9, 1875 The location of the original manuscript is unknown. Walt Whitman John R. Johnston Rebecca B. Johnston added schematron declaration extracted notes and inserted pointers blessedchecked encoded extracted transcription from Major Authors cd 431 Stevens St. / Cor. West. / Camden / N. Jersey. Feb. 9, 1875. My dear friends, John R. & Rebecca B. Johnston,

This then is the 28th anniversary of your marriage day.

God bless you both.

Walt Whitman.

I wonder if you either of you have any idea how the otherwise monotony of my Camden existence has been pleasantly rippled—how warm & bright those gleams to me—from the unvarying hospitality and sweet friendship of both of you—God bless you.

W.W.