I saw Ed1 in the street yesterday & he told me ab't George's2 bad sickness & serious time—Bad enough I have felt ab't it & last evn'g—but I understand he is over it & getting all right—
Ed looks well—If I was well enough I w'd come down & give you all a call, but I seem to be helpless with the grip & bladder trouble Keep up tho—& get out in wheel chair3 when weather fair —cloudy & wet here to-day—warmish—I hear second hand f'm Herbert4 there down Long Island—he is well & I hear thinks of buying the place there.5 All goes much the same in my affairs—Write me soon & tell me how George gets along—Love to you all God bless you—
Walt Whitman Glendale Camden Co NJ loc_tb.00012.jpgCorrespondent:
Susan M. Lamb Stafford
(1833–1910) was the mother of Harry Stafford (1858–1918), who, in
1876, became a close friend of Whitman while working at the printing office of
the Camden New Republic. Whitman regularly visited the
Staffords at their family farm near Kirkwood, New Jersey. Whitman enjoyed the
atmosphere and tranquility that the farm provided and would often stay for weeks
at a time (see David G. Miller, "Stafford, George and Susan M.," Walt Whitman: An
Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings [New York:
Garland Publishing, 1998], 685).