Herbert2 has arrived & I think of driving down with him either to-morrow (Saturday) or on Sunday3 —He is here & is just going around to a boarding house on 4th St. to see if he can get quarters. I am not well, but nothing of importance—Love to you & George4 & Ed5 & all
W W loc_jc.00575_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).