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 med.00685 Walt Whitman Edwin Haviland Miller The Correspondence New York New York University Press 1964 3 162 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 20 August [1879] August 20, 1879 The location of this manuscript is unknown. Walt Whitman John Burroughs added schematron declaration updated orgName updated ID checked Checked and Corrected checked encoded 431 Stevens Street Camden N J Aug 20 Dear John Burroughs,

Postal of 18th just rec'dreceived, & glad enough to hear from you all—the interval has been a long one—I supposed you were off some where—

Nothing special with me—After I returned from N Y middle of June, went down to my Jersey farm friends a couple of weeks—but they have moved into a new place, superior for their purposes, but to me the attraction had ceased, & I left—Otherwise have been here in Camden all summer (I feel now as though I ought to have gone up & room'd in your house & boarded with Smith the last two months)—I still keep well—about the same as when you last saw me—may be a trifle ruggeder yet—

All here well—I enclose you two letters from Mrs Gilchrist in England, & one from my friend Mrs Botta, may interest you—I shall send you papers to-morrow—Weather fine yesterday & to-day here—& I am out enjoying it—(after fair days of pouring rain)

I often see your name, & extracts, (sometimes quite long ones) in the papers hereabouts—

Love to 'Sula—

Walt Whitman

That Del:Delaware river boat trip? Did it come off? You know I have heard nothing about it since—