A snow-storm here as I write. I am not over my bad spell yet, but a little better perhaps—Harry2 is getting along very well —was up & had it dress'd & went home to Marlton in the 3' train. He is a little thin but looks well & I guess will be better than ever when it is all over—Love to you & George3—
Walt Whitman loc_jc.00581_large.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).