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Walt Whitman to Thomas Nicholson [?], [12 October 1881]

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Thomas Nicholson [?], [12 October 1881]
  • Date: October 12, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: yal.00115
  • Source: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 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 Thomas Nicholson [?], [12 October 1881]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: yal.00115.xml (TEI)
 yal.00115.001_large.jpg Probably written 1881 Wednesday Noon1

Tom here is a New York paper with an acc't of the great Cricket Match between the Canadians and Americans—I thought you might like to read

I find I have no photo: here like the one I gave Tom Bradley, but I have some home, & when I go back to Camden, I will send you one sure.

W W  yal.00115.004_large.jpg  yal.00115.005_large.jpg  yal.00115.003_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. According to the New York Times, the Canadians defeated an American cricket team on October 11. October 12 was on Wednesday in 1881. [back]
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