Hannah L. Taylor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1880

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Title: Hannah L. Taylor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1880
Date: December 10, 1880
Creator(s): Hannah L. Taylor
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05759
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.
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Cite this page: Taylor, Hannah L.. "Hannah L. Taylor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1880." 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_ej.00929c.jpg 12.10.80.1 Mr. Walt Whitman: Respected Sir,

Your kindness was received and I hopefully appreciated this evening.

Please accept my sincere thanks for your favor.

Very gratefully yours Hannah L. Taylor Cambridge, N.J.

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1. This letter was crossed out, pasted to another letter, and repurposed by Whitman. On the back he wrote part of a prose draft titled "Poetry in America—Shakspere—the Future." [back]