Walt Whitman to Eustace Conway, 22 February [1881]

About This Item

Title: Walt Whitman to Eustace Conway, 22 February [1881]
Date: February 22, 1881
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01312
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schoeberlein Nima Najafi Kianfar Eder Jaramillo Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Eustace Conway, 22 February [1881]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
Source File: loc.01312.xml (TEI)

loc.01312.001_large.jpg 431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Feb: 22 '81 My dear Eustace Conway1

I am sorry I was out when you called—have been hoping you would come again—Are you going to stay in America? If so I shall be on the look out for you & trust you will the same for me—

Walt Whitman

loc.01312.002_large.jpg

Notes

1. The uncle of Moncure D. Conway; see Autobiography: Memories and Experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904), 1:38. According to a jotting in Whitman's Commonplace Book, Conway was associated with Bangs & Stetson in New York (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]