Manville Wintersteen to Walt Whitman, 8 August 1875 a machine readable transcription Manville Wintersteen Kenneth M. Price Ed Folsom Transcription and encoding Alex Kinnaman Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Ashley Lawson Kevin McMullen Caterina Bernardini Amanda J. Axley Marie Ernster Stephanie Blalock Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2023 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 nyp.00401 Charley Shively Drum Beats: Walt Whitman's Civil War Boy Lovers San Francisco Gay Sunshine Press 1989 228 Manville Wintersteen Manville Wintersteen to Walt Whitman, 8 August 1875 August 8, 1875 Berg Coll MSS Whitman Series IV The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library Manville Wintersteen Walt Whitman final check, corrected checked, corrected checked, corrected, added notes added correspondent ref added schematron declaration made basic checking changes to file checked checked checked and corrected transcribed, encoded Hampden, Ohio, August 8, 1875 Kind sursir UnclUncle

I recivedreceived your welcomwelcome and expecdexpected letter was glad to herehear from you I neglect wrightingwriting for I am not much on a right but I must wrightwrite to you MoatherMother sessays I aughtought to rightwrite to one that was a friend in time of need I am glad to know that you are living I should like to see you very much if I could I would but travilingtraveling cost money and I did not get much from where I am I suposesuppose theirthere is not much call for help in CampdinCamden I get 4 dollersdollars per month pencionpension but every little helps in hard times very plesentpleasant weather and crops look well here since the rain we had last weakweek I am working by the month since I came home from York StState

I can come home veryevery Sunday and as I looked at your picturpicture I sedsaid I must wrightwrite eny howanyhow if ever so poor a letter but you will excuse from a friend though many miles away this world is fulfull of trouble and we and we all have our share sumsome is blestblessed with health and wealth while others . . . want but I am glad to get along and be most well

I can allwaysalways find work wrightwrite again

My love to you and good wishes, Yours truly