W. E. Worthen to Walt Whitman, 23 May 1864

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Title: W. E. Worthen to Walt Whitman, 23 May 1864
Date: May 23, 1864
Creator(s): W. E. Worthen
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00879
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loc.00879.001.jpg New York May 23 Dear Sir

Enclosed find $20 which I have collected for yr Sanitary distribution. I hope I shall be able to send more from time to time.

I am yrs try W. E. Worthen1 Address care of
D. Appleton Ho.

1. William E. Worthen was an engineer, evidently employed in the Croton Aqueduct Department, New York. Walt Whitman's reply to this letter is not known. [back]