Walt Whitman to Frederic Almy, 30 October 1880

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Title: Walt Whitman to Frederic Almy, 30 October 1880
Date: October 30, 1880
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: buf.00001
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Frederic Almy, 30 October 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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buf_es.00057.jpg Camden New Jersey Oct: 30 '801

I to-day forward by mail (same address as this card) my two Vols: according to your letter (enc rec'd : thanks)2—Will you please send me a postal notifying me on their safe arrival?

Walt Whitman

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Correspondent:
Frederic Almy was a graduate of Harvard College, a friend of Jane Addams, and the founder in 1885 of the Saturn Club in Buffalo.

Notes

1. This postcard is addressed: Frederic Almy | 151 Pawtucket street | Lowell Mass:. It is postmarked: CAMDEN | OCT 30 | N.J. ; LOWELL MASS | NOV 1 | 9AM | CARRIER. [back]
2. Almy sent $10 to Whitman on October 27. [back]