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Franklin Square, New York, November 1 18 73 .
Alden to Walt Whitman, 1 November 1873
1 May 1873 walter dear your letter is come this 1 of may May with the money all safe i received your
all safe you graffick Graphic i suppose now good bie dear Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 1
har.00002xxx.00283bMS Am 1545 (1)SpainMarch 16, 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten; This is an unsigned draft
acknowledges the receipt of twenty five dollars on account from Mr Whitman, for rent of rooms etc from May 1
the shirts this morning by Adams express—they are enveloped in a flat paper box about 2 feet long by 1
heavy—We are having a mild spell here, this is the third day, with partial rain & fog—It is now just after 1—
Washington Saturday afternoon March 1, '73 Dear Hattie , I have received your letter, & read it over
noted: Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Mannahatta Whitman, 1
thankful enough that they are as well as they are—Mother, I was glad to get your letter of Tuesday, April 1.
close—I hope you will have a pleasant Sunday—Love to you, dear mother, & to all—it is now about ½ past 1
brother & I are pleased with your plan, in general—my brother favors the ground story of stone ,—but the 1½
August 1 . 73 1873 or '4 Dear son, Your letter is rec'd to-day, and enclosed I send you $20—I want you
over Sunday, as a ten minutes' talk like, about all sorts of odds & ends Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 1
two or three days, strong & sudden winds, & dust— but it is pleasanter to-day—it is now about ½ past 1—
April 21st, Monday, 1 o'clock afternoon.
about the childrens children's coming her here to live Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [1
October 13 ½ past 1, p.m.
letter on tuesday Tuesday did you get it walter Walter when you write say if you got it it was the 1
past, last summer, especially—Fortunately, it seems as if most people got over it— Friday afternoon—1
she can, & generally brings a dish of roast apples, or something— I go over to the office about 12 or 1