A word at any rate to show I think of you (as I often do & deeply)—Am here yet in much the same condition as the last year—good spirits (sort o') but physically disabled almost utterly—Fine sunny days I get out in my wheel chair1 for an hour or two—generally however am anchored here in my big ratan chair with the wolf-skin spread over the back—have two daily good curryings (massages) & appetite & sleep continuing fairly—
Alma, I suppose you rec'd the little ed'n of L of G. I sent—
Love to you all— Walt Whitmanhere is a little scrap I just cut out for John—
owu.00027.002_large.jpgCorrespondent:
John H. (J.H.) Johnston
(1837–1919) was a New York jeweler who became a close friend of Whitman's.
Whitman visited Johnston's home frequently, and Johnston assisted with raising
funds for the aging poet. Alma Calder Johnston was an author and John's second
wife. Her family owned a home and property in Equinunk, Pennsylvania. For more
on the Johnstons, see Susan L. Roberson, "Johnston, John H. (1837–1919) and Alma Calder" (Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and
Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).