Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 10 May [1881]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 10 May [1881]
Date: May 10, 1881
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.04255
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 Ruth Stafford, 10 May [1881]." 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_gt.00006_large.jpg Camden1 Tuesday night May 102

Yours rec'd —All right—I will come down Friday afternoon in the 4½ train to Kirkwood—

W W

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1. This post card bears the address: Miss Ruth Anna Stafford | Kirkwood (Glendale) | New Jersey. [back]
2. May 10 fell on Tuesday in 1881, and Whitman went to Glendale on Friday, May 13 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]