Thank you dear girl for y'r kind welcome letter safely rec'd.2 Am here still holding the fort sort o' (as I call it)—has been four days of glum weather here but the sun is just shining out.—pretty fair spirits but bad grip & other bothers—Best love to yr dear father & Alma,3 & all, & God make the new year happy to you all
Walt Whitman loc.02434.002_large.jpgCorrespondent:
Bertha Johnston
(1872–1953) was the daughter of Whitman's friend John H. Johnston and his
first wife Amelia. Like her father, Bertha Johnston was passionate about
literature. She was also involved with the suffrage movement and was a member of
the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture.