Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 19? January [1870] a machine readable transcription Louisa Van Velsor Whitman Wesley Raabe Felicia Wetzig Transcription and encodingElizabeth Lorang Cathy TischFelicia WetzigWesley Raabe Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa Kent State University National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2012 The Walt Whitman Archive
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 duk.00588 Louisa Van Velsor Whitman Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 19? January [1870] January 19?, 1870 The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Richard Maurice Bucke Louisa Van Velsor Whitman Walt Whitman added schematron declaration final check checked Duke Proofreading Corrections Proofreading Corrections: Heyde dates and Silent Proof Note Proofreading Corrections Add date note and RMBucke; annotate death of Hannah Fleet, annotate Samuel family and death of Martha Mitchell. Oral Proofreading Corrections Clean encoding (editor, date, remove "_large") and add standard annotations on unannotated files (Jeff W, Martha [Mattie], George W, Lou Haslam) Transcribe 2 surfaces Correct 2 surfaces Encode regularization of contractions, days of week, and frequently misspelled words 1870 JanryJanuary 19 My dear waltWalt

i am like you this week i dont don't seem to have any thing new to write i have not had any word from st louLou is St. Louis nor han nor georgeGeorge since he went away i got your letter all safe tuesdayTuesday was glad to hear you had such good times getting such nice breakfasts and teas) i hope i shall hear from mattyMatty before i write again i dont don't think its good to have her coughf cough stop so suddenly poor matt i hope she may live to bring up her children) i have been in the house so much i thought i would go out and get in the cars and so i went up to spencer Spencer st Street and called on mrsMrs. mooreMoore samuelSamuel moores Moore's mother you remember they lived in the big house with us a while they own their house seem to live very comfortably samues Samuel's still is in the Jewelry business the old man is out the navy yard this long time the worst of it was they had two dogs and before they could get them away i thought they would have torn my gown off of me first one jumped up on me and then the other finally the old man had to take them by the neck and legs and put them out in the yard the old man and mrsMrs. more wished to be remembered to all of you boys) i see the death of mrsMrs. fleet Johns John's mother they lived on the south side where she died) there is quite a stir about the small pox ordering every one to be vasinatedvaccinated) well walterWalter dear my sheet is nearly filled so i must say good bie

i get so lame every time i go out if it wasent wasn't for that i should feel quite smart