Note signed Uncle Walt [Whitman], Camden, New Jersey, to nieces Mannahatta and Jessie L. Whitman, 2511 Second Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. Mentions that he received the book knife. (Note published in Edwin Haviland Miller, “New Letters of Walt Whitman,” Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume XVI, Number 2, January 1960.), [1883] Dec 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

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Note to nieces [Hattie and Jessie Whitman], signed Uncle Walt [Whitman], Camden, N.Y., December 28, [1883]

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Whitman family correspondence, including 17 letters and notes written by Walt Whitman, which were published in Edwin Haviland Miller, “New Letters of Walt Whitman,” Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume XVI, Number 2, January 1960.