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Letter from Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Jessie Louisa Whitman, 23 December 1888
Milwaukee,
Dec. 23 1888
My dear Jessie
A Merry Christmas to you—
I enclose a little momento as I could not let the day go by without reminding you that I thought of you
I hope you will like the muffler—I did not know but I thought perhaps this would suit your ideas—
Again a Merry, Merry Christmas—and I feel sad that I cannot be with you
Papa
Tos. J. Whitman
About the Text
The text presented here is derived from Dennis Berthold and Kenneth Price, eds., Dear Brother Walt: The Letters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1984). For a detailed description of discrepancies between this electronic edition and the print source, see our statement of editorial policy .
The manuscript of this letter, dated December 23, 1888, is held at the Missouri Historical Society.
For more information on the letters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman, see Dennis Berthold and Kenneth Price's introduction to the print edition.
Whitman Archive ID
mhs.00002