•In 1884, Whitman purchases a house at 328 Mickle Street,
Camden, New Jersey, for $1750.
•It is the first house he has ever owned.
Horace Traubel,
a neighbor, visits Whitman daily from 1888-1892 and records Whitman’s
conversations, eventually publishing With Walt Whitman in Camden, 9
volumes of biography, published1906-1914)
In his last
years,
Whitman’s death
notice is still preserved at the house, as are his slippers, hat, rocking
chair, and other artifacts.
