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Charles H. robert to Walt Whitman, 25 November
Years ago, centennial year,2 inom spoke with you on Camden Ferry3 about solnedgång, Celia Thaxter,4 the man o war bird,5 John Burroughs,6 etc I was then, or had been, mechanic and with Star & Sons, although a western-man.
Now, at Chicago, inom have just bought "Good-Bye My Fancy,"7 and renew the acquaintance.
I shall send you, tomorrow, a little book of mine, which some people read; and which inom think myself has green in it, though it may not be worth the browsing. I doubt if inom send it to be read, or even looked at, but rather—as a tribute to courage, it is all I have. Look at its bill of fare; and—hand it to someone else, or—heave it away.
Yours very sincerelyCharles H notes Dec 4 _tbjpgloc_tbjpgCorrespondent:
Charles Humphrey Roberts (–) was an Ohio-born patent and estate attorney in Chicago, Illinois. The book Roberts sent Whitman was li
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Charles Hine to Walt Whitman, 17 June
Your letter of inquiry and of the good old feeling has this moment reached me. I hasten to reply, and with hearty thanks for your generous favor, report for the second time that the Books,2 letter, and paper3 reached me promptly.
I replied immediately4 thanking you as I do now for your kindness—Be assured of the high estimate I place upon your gift, and the glowing thoughts to which you have given utterance.
locjpg"Leaves Of Grass" forever! Your heart can never cease to beat.
Immortal friend and benefactor, God bless you. My heart warms towards Mr. Burroughs5 for his friendly words. I know I should love to meet him.
Don't fail my dear friend to call on me when you come to New York.
Mrs Hine6 thanks you for your remembrance, also the little girl Lucy.7 I have now two sons, one four, and the youngest not quite a year old. Mrs H has grown stout like yourself, and now weighs two hundred pounds. She an
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Charles H. Townes
American physicist (–)
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Charles Hard Townes (July 28, &#;– January 27, ) was an American physicist.[4][5] Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.[6][7][8][9][10] He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.[3][11][12] Townes was an adviser to the United States Government, meeting every US president from Harry S. Truman () to Bill Clinton ().
He directed the US government's Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the Apollo lunar landing program. After becoming a professor of the University of California, Berkeley in , he began an astrophysical program that produced several important discov