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Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 9 February 1880

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 9 February 1880
  • Date: February 9, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: yal.00428
  • 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. Ted Genoways (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004), vol. 7, and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
  • Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Nima Najafi Kianfar Eder Jaramillo Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 9 February 1880." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: yal.00428.xml (TEI)
 yal.00337.001_large.jpg Feb: 9 '80

Loafing around for a couple of hours this fine sunny crispy day—cross'd the Delaware—walk'd up Chestnut st—every thing lovely—look'd in at my friend Col: Johnston's studio1—the sun shining bright, & I feeling all right

Walt Whitman  yal.00337.002_large.jpg

Notes

  • 1. In February 1880, Whitman took a trip to Philadelphia to see his friend John H. Johnston. [back]
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