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Walt Whitman to James Scovel, [1878?]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to James Scovel, [1878?]
  • Date: 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03752
  • 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: Kirsten Clawson Eder Jaramillo Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to James Scovel, [1878?]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 March 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.03752.xml (TEI)
 loc.03752.001_large.jpg Saturday1

I will be around to breakfast at 9 sharp to-morrow, Sunday—

Walt Whitman​  loc.03752.002_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. The only reason for assigning this note to 1878—and it is far from conclusive—is that during this and the following year Whitman frequently had Sunday breakfast with Scovel; it became a kind of ritual when he was in Camden. [back]
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