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My dear Sir: Mr.
that he had brought your books with him from America, a gift from you, and that they were lying in my
London chambers; Whereupon I wrote back to him, begging him to bring them himself to me at my country
I have now just called at my London lodgings, and found them on the table.
I had previously met with several of your works and read them with interest and had made up my mind that
which I wrote you Sept. 6th after I had received the precious packet, a letter in which I opened all my
I know too my own shortcomings, faults, flaws.
Love & Hope are so strong in me, my souls high aspirations are of such tenacious, passionate intensity
But I cannot like you clothe my nature in divine poems & so make it visible to you. Ah foolish me!
I felt as if my silence must kill me sometimes.
soul's passionate yearning toward thy divine Soul, every hour, every deed and thought—my love for my
children, my hopes aspirations for them all taking new shape new height through this great love My Soul
Oh for all that this love is my pride my glory.
My soul must have her loving companionship everywhere & in all things.
I am yet young enough to bear thee children my darling if God should so bless me.
My dear Mr Whitman Please write Your Autograph & Enclose in the Accompanying Envelope I appreciate the
Many favors Asked of You feel desire Your Autograph So Much to Add to My Already Good Collection that
Dear Mr Whitman Please pardon my intrusion but as I am a great lover of literature especially poetry,
Miller's muse If you will be so kind as to answer my critical questions I will thank you very much.
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
the number of persons annually entering this class (five to twenty) in the United States, but that my
South Norwalk Ct April 9th 1876 Walt Whitman My Dear Sir You may and doubtless will think very strange
I think you will understand my motive well enough to think this emanates from a sincere feeling of admiration
Hine is referencing the poem that Whitman would eventually title "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?"
My dear Mr.
you or think of you, I feel once more the cool never to be forgotten breeze of a boundless prairie; my
respire more easily I feel perhaps freer for the time & less material & then again I feel that I hold in my
Furzedown, Streatham Surrey Sunday April 23. 1871 My dear Mr.
day—I have been very, very much occupied & intensely busy one way & another arrears of work claimed my
attention for you know I am not a "briefless barrister" & latterly my work has increased but I have
determined that this glorious spring time shall not pass without my carrying out the my my intention
smell of the flowers, the clouds the rainbows & sun lights as I see them & hear them all from this my
50 Wellington Road Dublin, Oct 15, 1871 My dear Sir, I ought before now to have thanked you for the poem
Much work lying before me on my return here prevented me from thanking you sooner.
8 Montenotte Cork, Ireland , Sept. 5, 1871 My dear Sir, It was very kind of you to send me the photographs
There is my brother (a clergyman) who finds his truth halved between John H.
Montenotte Cork, Ireland July 23 1871 My dear Sir, I wished to send you a copy of the July No of the
removable error fail in their approach to you, or do not approach at all. that I think I am justified in my
My fixed residence is 50 Wellington Road, Dublin, Ireland.
My work there is that of Professor of English Literature in the University of Dublin.
even more than I should otherwise have done, to feel myself obliged to say at once that I do not see my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
My Dear Mr Whitman: I have many messages for you from your friends in Europe which I promised and so
to come to you, but now I shall not see you till I return; for I am tired of towns and tomorrow set my
My address for a time will be San Francisco and since I cannot see you I should be proud of a letter
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
My dear Sir, When a man has ventured to dedicate his work to another without authority or permission,
This must be my excuse for sending to you the crude poem in wh. which you may perchance detect some echo
Grass in a friend's rooms at Trinity College Cambridge six years ago till now, your poems have been my
What one man can do by communicating to those he loves the treasure he has found, I have done among my
I fear greatly I have marred the purity & beauty of your thought by my bad singing.
Rossetti I am drawn toward, and though my first impression of him was that he was a high flown literary
as Assistant Secretary Richardson has impressed me into his service here & proposes to retain me & my
I have seen enough of cities, & streets & art and pictures & museums to stand me all the rest of my days
, and am in a hurry to set my face westward.
fried eggs on a perfumed napkin, and the napkin on beautiful tissue paper & the whole on a china plate (my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
…My brain is too sensitive.
trees and fruit things is very quite quiet here except a murder now and then so now I will close with my
love good by bye from you affecinate affectionate Son and Friend John M Rogers To my Dear Father write
Washington and see you but as long as I know that you are well and enjoying your self I will try to content my
greatful grateful to you that you should take so much interist interest in me it makes me think of my
to be very thankful to him for our good health he is such a good Father to us so good by bye for the my
30 Sept 1869 thursday Thursday afternoon my dear i have to write again you kno w i said in my letter
couldent couldn't get the money i was going yesterday but just as i was going i had quite an increase in my
10 Oct '71 tuesday Tuesday morning O c 10 My dear walt Walt i had company yesterday so i dident didn't
daughters has their own to attend to which is perfectly natural) george George and loo and Jeff insists on my
but houseroo m at any rate i shant shan't break up as long as i can get around if i lo s e the use of my
suppose they do it for the best they think i live so lonesome) but worry about me breaking up i have had my
judson Judson came with her poor woman i felt great sympathy for her if i had had 5 doller dollars in my
paper concerning you and they thought so strange they hear from you i feel pretty smart only quite lame my
Louisa Van Velsor Whitman originally wrote, "my sympathy for her strong."
She then canceled the word "my" and the phrase "for her strong."
She inserted "i felt great" above the canceled word "my."
30 Sept 1871 Saturday morning My dear walt Walt i thought i must send you a line to tell you i have got
1871 febuary February 9 My dear walt Walt i write a few lines to say i received your letter yesterday
Hudson River horror is awful in the extreme it is enoughf enough to make one shudder) i am better of my
cold but are quite lame it seems as if the pain and lameness is all settled in my left knee i can walk
but yesterday i was quite bad but i think it will be better in a day or two i have had a weakness in my
right hand and wrist you can see by my writing it looks some like yours when your thumb was so bad how
Monday My dear walt i got your letter on saturday Saturday and got those you sent through the week i
better now Jeff left the pills and i think i will take some to night to see if it wont won't break up my
Judith and i get all the papers you send and all the money and it comes very good sometimes i tell you my
dear Walt worry walt about my trouble with nance and georgey it did make me feel bad and sorry for her
this one and what with Plumbers, Carpenters, Chimney-sweeps, painters, and house cleaners I have had my
Oct October 5 my dear walt i send you the receipt for the money george has sent you by addams s express
My dear Whitman, I have been voyaging amid the Hebrides,—strolling amid the Highlands,—loafing by the
Sea,—trying to extract from two or three weeks' vacation some vigour vigor and virtue for my work, which
(If you see him tell him that his accompanying letter got lost in my absence or it shd should have been
await us—you must (letting me know beforehand the Ship by which you sail from America) come straight to my
My Dear friend Walt Whitman I have written so many letters to you dictated by Charles that I feel a painful
although I thought he was likely to die any time, still I find I was unprepared for his departure & my
I look at my three children & think what a work I have got left to perform.
My Mother from Massachusetts is with me for a few days and it is a great comfort.
New Haven, Conn see notes Dec 18 1888 from Mrs Hine | ab't my dear friend C.H. Mrs.
The poem of yours that I read over with the most satisfaction is your Burial Hymn of Lincoln —But as my
see notes July 5 1888 Maybury Working Station Surrey England Nov 3 1871 My dear sir, I send by this mail
the second part of my study of your works.
And may I again repeat the hope I expressed to you in a former note (when I sent you my own vol. of poems
I would fain make my own Copy complete to the present times, so would thank you for a line giving me
But why need I ask when I see now before my minds eye several passages in your Poems that answer all
appeared to you, and if it was to you the truth it seems to have been to me in thus sending to you, as my
comrades men and women such as you sing in your Poems. there again you see I find fresh spirit for my
years past and returned to York State a few weeks ago think of staying here for a time to take care of my
I have lost track of nearly all my old chums if I was able to travil travel I would like to see some
of flower seeds if so I will send you the money to pay for them and your trouble I will have to draw my
letter to a close for fear of wearing your patients patience to read it Please except accept my love
see that you too are jogging along about the same, on your car, with an occasional let up—Often in my
Brooklyn, Friday, July 14. 1867 or '8 Dear Pete, It is pretty much the same with me, as when I wrote my
former letters—still home here with my mother, not busy at any thing particular but taking a good deal
letters that every thing goes on right with you on the road—give my best regards to my friends among
the drivers & conductors—Dear son, I shall now soon be coming back, & we will be together again, as my
Love to you, my dearest boy, & good bye for this time Walt.
first rate— I spent yesterday down on the sea-shore—was all by myself—had a splendid good day—took my
first part of next week if nothing happens— Well, Pete, I believe that is all this morning—Good bye, my
skeleton, faculties good, but voice only a low whisper—I returned last night, after midnight —Well bub, my
time here is short—I have had a good quiet visit—the best in some respects yet—& I feel satisfied —My
evening March 8 Dear son, I thought I would write you just a short letter, if no more, as you are in my
I sometimes come to the office nights, to read, it is so quiet—and now I am sitting here at my desk,
So I thought of my dear boy, and will send a few words, though nothing particular to say.
Johnny, I send you my love, & good night for this time—the mail closes at 8, & it is some after 7 now
Johnny, you say you should like to see me—Well, no more than I should to see you, my darling boy.
Walt Whitman at this point deleted "Jack" and "my darling."
The first reading was "my loving boy."
Walt Whitman excised "Johnny" and "my dear son."
Pete, I am sitting in my room home, finishing this—have just had a bath, & dressed myself to go over
Foul Play" —if not, I have one here I will send you— Dear son, I believe that is all this time—I send my
love, dear son, & a good loving kiss—I think of you every day—Give my best regards to all enquiring
friends, & inform them I expect to be back in about three weeks— Good bye, my darling boy—from your comrade
My Dear Madam and Friend: I was expecting to visit New York early this month, and intended to call and
acknowledge the receipt of the poem and to say that when I come on, I shall personally call and pay my
writing at a venture to propose to you the publication, in a moderate-priced volume, of a full edition of my
poems, Leaves of Grass, in England under my sanction.
I make this proposition not only to get my poems before the British public, but more because I am annoyed
at the horrible dismemberment of my book there already & possibility of something worse.
Should my proposal suit you, go right on with the book.
My Dear Mr.
…My brain is too sensitive.
Sept. 14, 18 71 My dear John Swinton: I have rec'd your note & enclosures.
I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity
Department of Justice Washington sent Sept. 17, 18 71 I send herewith the copy of my American Institute
I think an ordinary 12 mo would be best, and send you a sample, my idea of size of page, and sort of
My percentage &c. I leave to you to fix—I should expect two or three dozen copies.
Church, My friends, If convenient, please remit to me, here, a check for $25 in pay for "O Star of France
My dear Ramsdell , Perhaps it may hardly be necessary, but I feel to write you a line of caution about
You might do well to put in about my intended appearance before the American Institute, at its 40th opening
, Sept. 7th in New York, and that the curiosity of both my friends & foes is extremely piqued, &c &c.
Vinnie Ream, My dear friend, I would like to call on you, with an acquaintance of mine, John Swinton,
I could convey no idea to you of how it affects my soul.
I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity
have been, & are, having a cold easterly rain storm here—I enclose, on loan, the last two photos of my
October 10, 1871, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman wrote to Walt Whitman: "george and loo and Jeff insists on my
My sister Martha at St. Louis was not in good health at last accounts.
will tell you further—Beulah asked much about you & William, and Jeannie— Nothing special with me or my
As it turns out, my death by railroad smash permeated the lower orders, (I suppose at second & third
My true love to you both—Jeannie, my darling, a kiss for you—good bye, Nelly dear— Walt The following
attack of illness, somewhat severe, the last few days—& I have been sort of nurse & doctor—(as none of my
character of democratic art & poetic literature, as discriminated from aristocratic—quotes freely from all my
Understand that, like the new year's Bible, the Photo is a gift, with my best love, to you & William—to