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not—I yet retain your Photograph with care —Hoping to hear from you soon I am very Truly Your Friend William
William Stansberry to Walt Whitman, 9 December 1873
Channing William F. Channing to Walt Whitman, 19 March 1873
Herald Wash[ington] items to-day, I infer that William has rec'd the appointment of C[hief] C[lerk] at
the best— but —Charley, go in to my office a moment, before you go & see if any letters—tell me if William
blue shirt collar turned down low with a nice black silk neck handkerchief, tied loose—over a clean white
William A. Boyden, of that city.
condition feel it best to stay here—(Nelly, I don't feel as well as when you used to come there to White's
the ferry boat, & sail to & fro across the Delaware, occasionally—I had seen in the newspapers of William's
Whitman stayed at the Whites' from March 1, 1871, until he left Washington.
White, a chiropodist, acknowledged for his wife receipt of $28 "on account . . . for rent of room etc
Whitman gave up one room at the Whites' on June 10, 1873: "Kept the other at $2.50 a month" (The Library
letter to Peter Doyle, in which Whitman left instructions for the delivery of his boxes from the Whites
White's, & unlock the big trunk, (the one that is strapped) and take out My gray suit , coat, vest, &
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti
Williams, Attorney General. George H. Williams to Walt Whitman, 10 March 1873
Whitman, Mrs White Today—Nov 28th 73—acknowledges the receipt of twenty five dollars on account from
White George A. White to Walt Whitman, 28 November 1873
sweet thoughts flow into my breast that longs & longs to pillow on itself the suffering head (with white
William Rossetti is comin to see me Thursday, before starting for his holiday trip to Naples.
I did not see William Rossetti before I came down but heard that he had had a very happy time in Italy
Have you heard, I wonder, of William Rossetti's approaching marriage.
Lucy is a very sweet tempered cultivated loveable lovable woman well fitted I should say to make William