Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 21 February [1873] 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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 nyp.00309 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 2 200 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 21 February [1873] February 21, 1873 Manuscript Collection 1767 The Oscar Lion Papers, New York Public Library Walt Whitman Louisa Van Velsor Whitman added schematron declaration checked checked updated Oscar Lion Papers encoded extracted transcription from Major Authors cd Friday afternoon Feb. 21. Dearest mother,

I am about the same to-day, rather on the improve—have not tried to get out any more—feel pretty much depressed about Mat's death, (but it has been to her no doubt a relief from great pain)—Have just written a few lines to Jeff—Wrote yesterday to Han—Mother, you must not get gloomy. Feel better as I write—I am sitting up by the stove.

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