Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 22 March [1882]

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Title: Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 22 March [1882]
Date: March 22, 1882
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03908
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.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 22 March [1882]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc_jc.00512_large.jpg Camden1 March 222 Dear friends

I shall come down Friday afternoon in the 4½ train to Kirkwood—for three or four days visit

W W

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1. This post card is addressed: George and Susan Stafford | Kirkwood | (Glendale) | New Jersey. It is postmarked: Camden | Mar | 22 | 12 M | N.J. [back]
2. Whitman went to Glendale on Friday, March 24, and remained there until March 31 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]