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Derby, Rosalinda, 1812-1894

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Badwin Haskell, July 27, 1863, page 3

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Badwin Haskell, July 27, 1863, page 1

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Badwin Haskell, July 27, 1863, page 2

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Baldwin Haskell, August 10, 1863, page 2

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Baldwin Haskell, August 10, 1863, page 4

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Baldwin Haskell, August 10, 1863, page 3

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Baldwin Haskell, August 10, 1863, page 1

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Badwin Haskell, July 27, 1863

Letter informs Erastus Haskell's parents that their son is sick with typhoid fever.

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Walt Whitman letter, Washington, D.C. to Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Baldwin Haskell, August 10, 1863

Letter describes the final days of Erastus Haskell's life before his death from typhoid fever.

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Walt Whitman letters, July 27, 1863-September 9, 1863

Walt Whitman's letters to the parents of Erastus Haskell of the 141st New York Volunteers, who died on August 2, 1863 in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., where Whitman frequently visited the sick and wounded. He wrote the Haskells, of Breseport, New York, on July 27, 1863 to inform them that their son was very ill with typhoid fever. In a letter written August 10 he describes his visits with Erastus and their son's last days. In the final letter, dated September 9, Whitman thanks Mr.

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