Somehow I was always under the impression that the picture we have had so long was
Jessie's which occassioned the demand for a photo of Manhatta.1 The picture of Jessie2 which you
propose to send us, will compose the twain, and we shall not need one of Manhatta:
I like that name! and my enthusiasm was rekindled in a very lively degree by the presence of these two
blooming girls greeting me so warmly, calling me "Uncle Charlie" — I had just
returned from a duk.00410.002_large.jpg
second visit to the Adirondacks the day after they
arrived. Han was sick — very sick. I doubt that she will ever be hale and strong, or normal again.
She thinks that, if she could make you a
visit, and have a good long rest, she would be restored. You could suggest to her
that, if at any time she would like to make you a visit, you would be prepared to
recieve her: If, for the time, you could furnish a couple of rooms. It may be
necessary. I had a talk with Dr Lund3 lately: he thought
it would be beneficial to write to her. Continue the Phila Press: visit the
Progress. dont need it. George4 sent word that she should come,
at any time, and remain with him as long as she desired.
Correspondent:
Charles Louis Heyde (ca.
1820–1892), a French-born landscape painter, married Hannah Louisa Whitman
(1823–1908), Walt Whitman's sister, and they lived in Burlington, Vermont.
Charles Heyde was infamous among the Whitmans for his offensive letters and poor
treatment of Hannah. For more information about Heyde, see Steven Schroeder,
"Heyde, Charles Louis (1822–1892)," Walt
Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New
York: Garland Publishing, 1998).