David Hutcheson to Walt Whitman, 24 November 1880

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Title: David Hutcheson to Walt Whitman, 24 November 1880
Date: November 24, 1880
Creator(s): David Hutcheson
Whitman Archive ID: upa.00212
Source: Walt Whitman Collection, 1842–1957, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. 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.
Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schöberlein Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Hutcheson, David. "David Hutcheson to Walt Whitman, 24 November 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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upa.00136.004_large.jpg 152 A. Ln. N.E., Washington, D.C.:1 Wednesday, Nov. 24th 1880. Dear Sir,

I recieved the two volumes of your works yesterday by mail.2 I have had a copy of them for some years, but I wished to send one to a friend in Scotland.

Shall your many friends here have the pleasure of seeing you in Washington this winter?

With good wishes, Yours Faithfully, David Hutcheson.

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Notes

1. Whitman crossed out this letter and wrote on the back part of a draft letter to Rees Welsh & Company, dated June 20, 1882. [back]
2. On November 22, Whitman noted in his Daybooks and Notebooks sending "a set two Vols" to Hutcheson (Daybooks and Notebooks, ed. William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 1:212). [back]