“Letters from Farwell, Reuben: To Walt Whitman,” 1875, Walt Whitman Papers, Box 17.
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“Letters from Farwell, Reuben: To Walt Whitman,” 1875, Walt Whitman Papers, Box 17.
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This affectionate letter shows how Whitman maintained friendships with the soldiers he met in the Civil War hospitals of Washington, D.C. Dated nearly ten years after the war, the letter opens “Dear Uncle Walt,” illustrating the closeness of these friendships.
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