LETTER TO C.W. POST

Creator(s): Walt Whitman (Author)

Currently in storage

About this object

Envelope addressed to Charles W. Post care of B.D. Buford and Co. Kansas City, Missouri and postmarked Feb 8 180. Letter, photo and envelope framed together. Letter reads: 431 Stevens Street Camden, New Jersey Feb. 8 '80 Dear young man, I thought to-day I would send you a little picture to show you I had not forgotten you or those meetings in St. Louis. I have been back here about a month and am tolerably well-how are you getting along? Let me know if you get the picture all right. Walt W Whitman. Photograph shows Walt Whitman as an old man with a full white beard. He wears a hat and his face is turned to the front, while his upper body is turned to the left. Signed Walt Whitman 1880.

Object name:

LETTER TO C.W. POST

Made from:

Paper

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1880

Size:

H. 18 in., W. 5 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

57.6

Class:

AUTOGRAPH

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE on letter and photograph: Walt W Whitman

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973