Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr. August   Posted here (PDF above) are two letters from Walt Whitman letter to Anson Ryder, Jr., dated August 15 and 16, 1865.   ***************************************************** A good letter mixes the general with the specific. Emotion — feeling for the person addressed — with material that is of topical and … Continue reading Walt Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr.