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Walt Whitman to Helen Price, 12 September [1882]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Helen Price, 12 September [1882]
  • Date: September 12, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.04947
  • 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 Helen Price, 12 September [1882]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.04947.xml (TEI)
 loc_vm.01722_large.jpg Camden N J Sept: 12 My dear friend

I just write to tell you that I have heard of your dear father's death,1 & that you have my true sympathy—Love to Arthur and Emily & all—It is no time now to write at length, but I will write soon dear friends—or perhaps make you a call personally

Walt Whitman  loc_vm.01723_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. According to the Certificate of Death, Edmund Price (1809–1882) died on September 9 of a chronic cardiac disease. [back]
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