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Walter Whitman— Sir i take my pen in hand to let you know that i am well and i hope that these few lines
may find you the same i have not got a way yet from this hospittle but i think that my papers will be
home. i am sorry that i did not think to tell you to not mind what he told you Well i must [close] My
morning yours of March 14th —I am deeply sensible of the interest you have taken for me and return my
to fill—it is an entirely different branch of the profession from that in which I have been engaged—My
and the general superintendance of building a piece of work—As a draughtsman I am totally deficient—my
My Dear Sir It is with the greatest pleasure that I seat myself to give you a few lines to let you know
Uncle I have got very near well. the wound in my chest has got nearly well.
Also my arm is geting along nicely but their is some slight pain yet but none to stop me from writing
1war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.00373xxx.00118[Farewell my brethren]about 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten
[Farewell my brethren]
about your dismissal from the Interior Department, and as I once read your book, I am moved to express my
the President coming in and we stept back into the East Room and stood near the front windows, where my
It didn't last more than three or four minutes, but there was something about a letter which my friend
I expect to be in Washington on my way down South in a few days and will take the freedom of giving you
Please don't mention my name in connection with what I write about Harlan.
OFFICE, Washington Aug. 15, 1865 Dear Anson, As there is a sort of lull and quiet for a short time in my
My dear friend; I am sorry you could not have been with me for a day or two before you left Washington
writing this at the office, otherwise I would enclose one of the card photographs in it—they are up at my
room—I will send one in my next.
Write how your leg is—Give my best remembrances to Wood—he is a good man & I hope he will prosper through
1865 Novem November 25 My dear Walt i have been looking for a letter all day but none came so it is saturday
Saturday night and i am alone for A wonder so i thought i would write you a few lines although my paper
in the nation it is a long piece with flourishes) the one in the union made me laughf laugh you got my
a woman to come every day and doo do up her work little jimmy comes as usual no more to night with my
My dear Wife, You must excuse me for not having written to you before.
I have not been very well, & did not feel much like writing—but I feel considerably better now—my complaint
going on—let me know how it is with mother—I write this by means of a friend who is now sitting by my
side— —& I hope it will be God's will that we shall yet meet again—Well I send you all my love, & must
Andy, my dear comrade—I rec'd yours of 24th, with enclosure of letter. Two others previously.
Andy, my programme is, to vote here early Tuesday forenoon, & then start immediately for Washington—So
My Dear Friend, Tis a long time since I have had the pleasure of hearing from you so I fear you did not
I am getting around quite lively on just a single cane and my health is good.
Now good bye, my good freind and may heaven keep you safe from harm. Anson Ryder, Jun.
My Dear Comrade: . . .
me whenever you feel like it—tell me all about things & people down there in Kentucky—God bless you, my
My dear friend, The Homer has come & is now lying before me. I thank you deeply.
I enjoy my visits with a sad but profound joy & satisfaction—especially at night, when the light is nearly
Troy March 7th 65 Your last letter from Washington in the paper lying on my lap—Your book in the hands
of my friend Lucy who sits there by the window reading it in the morning sunshine.
My Dear & Esteemed Freind I take the present opporutnity to write you these few lines to inform you that
any answer i think it very Strange i recived these two pictures and give one to wilson, and kept one my
My Dear Uncle W, Your very kind letter of the 16th was duly received and appreciated to the best of my
I do not know whether there are any characters among my neighbors that would interest you particular
I was in Washington the 2nd and I went to No 34 4 ½ Street and pawned my Watch a good American Lever,
for $22.07 which I was to pay within a month but I was robbed of my pocket Book which contained a receipt
But I have been very much occupied in thought, as well as much of my time in going daily, & some days
Give him my love if you see him. Jeannie is well, & sends love.
Give my love to your mother, & with much love to you - hoping soon to see you. Yours— Nelly.
by my children? Are to be they really failures? are they sterile, incompetent yieldings after all?
Are they not indeed to be as victorious shouts from my children?
to learn he has never been to school as the school is about 2 miles off but he can read right smart. my
would be very happy to see you, we all send our best respects to you and all your friends. you will see my
you since I rec'd your last letter or not—but it came safe, & was glad to hear from you—write soon, my
the perfect copies soon—we had a fine long pouring rain here all last night—I am writing this home at my
My heart is torn and my sympathies roused as never by anything before at the way our prisoners are treated
We are all very well, I am much better than I was last winter, my summer at the sea-shore & the sea-bathing
was a gentleman in the cars that said he would see to getting me a carriage i was just giving the man my
check for my valice valise i thought i would take that with me when Charley came up so i got along very
Garaphelia Howard, | My dear friend: Accept the thanks of many sick & wounded soldiers, for the $10,
Come, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready; Have you your pistols?
For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful
O my breast aches with ten- der tender love for all!
See, my children, resolute children, By those swarms upon our rear, we must never yield or falter, Ages
I too with my soul and body, We, a curious trio, picking, wandering on our way, Through these shores,
My dear friend, I have just received your note.
The copy of "Leaves of Grass" is at my office subject to your order.
seems such A short time since last winter but time wont won't wait for us well Walt i dident didn't get my
fool as to use all the money i had in the bank and save the other now i want it and wish i had saved my
Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my
As there was nothing done yesterday & the day before on account of the funeral, my waiting for your reply
Your letter would have been more promptly answered, but for my absence from the city.
help but think so much about him i suppos suppose its because i am here and have the children to take my
want to get some flannel and stocking and a few other things han says she will write to you soon give my
Alvord's receipt for my plates, in his vault. Walt Whitman to Peter Eckler, 3 May 1865
Feb. 5 New York My dear Walt— I most cheerfully write the note you request to Gen.
Upon the receipt of his reply, I will give you my views concerning the expediency of complying with the
sitting by him, and soothing him, and he liked to have me—liked to put his arm out and lay his hand on my
were hurt by being blamed by his officers for something he was entirely innocent of—said, "I never in my
Wood is with [me] here at my old home says it is not very natural here does not seem at all like an hospital
If you see Miss H[oward] please tell her I am sorry she did not call at my company the evening she was
Sir: My clerk sent your Commission to you on yesterday, and I requested him to say to you that I would
I sleep here in the building (I have a very good room) and take my meals at a Boarding house I pay 6
1865 November 14 tuesday Tuesday noon Nv Nov 14 My dear Walt i have waited and waited to hear from you
Acting Assistant Secretary of State: My dear sir: I have received and read the letter of Mr.
right—found Han better than she expected she says I have been suffering since Friday with a "run-around" on my
My employer is at home but a very small portion of his time.
My sister Jeannie's little Mary is very sick with typhoid fever too, but they hope not dangerously so
I found he wanted to go part of the road in my direction, so we walked on together.
My boy was with the former, stepping along with the rest. There were several other boys no older.
were all of pleasant, even handsome physiognomy; no refinement, nor blanched with intellect, but as my
ball for Lincoln's Second Inauguration was held in the Patent Office on March 6, 1865. ) and write my
the music will sound and the dancers' feet presently tread—what a different scene they presented to my
But I forego that reception, and finish off with something I have on my mind about no more uncommon topic
on the finger —and I have just got well of it—and a cussed bad time I had of it too—it accounts for my
"Beginning my studies, the first step pleased me so much, The mere fact, consciousness—these forms—the
pleas'd me so much, I have never gone, and never wish'd to go, any further, But stop and loiter all my
to be spent &c Mattie and the children are very well—I am writing this at the office with Hattie at my
you will send me ten dolls dollars not all at one time but if you can send me 5 at the next writing my