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O Captain! my Captain!............................
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN! my captain!
Leave you not the little spot, Where on the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead. O captain!
my captain!
My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
Garaphelia Howard, | My dear friend: Accept the thanks of many sick & wounded soldiers, for the $10,
Myself": "Looking in at the shop-windows in Broadway the whole forenoon . . . . pressing the flesh of my
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?
you will send me ten dolls dollars not all at one time but if you can send me 5 at the next writing my
There are passages in the lines entitled 'Captain, My Captain,' and in the war-lyric commencing 'Beat
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
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
for your dear sake, O soldiers, And for you, O soul of man, and you, love of comrades; The words of my
Whitman as follows: "You came to woo my sister, the human soul.
1865 November 14 tuesday Tuesday noon Nv Nov 14 My dear Walt i have waited and waited to hear from you
I have entirely recovered from my wounds long since and have been at work part of the time and attending
I have been at work about six weeks, consequently my hand is not in very good condition for writing.
I have been promising myself to write to you ever since I returned home but have failed to keep my promise
If I can not go into anything there, what do you think of my going further south, say to Savannah.
I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.
On April 21, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12: "I do not want you to misunderstand my
motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have
to be more guarded in my letters to you.
I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and
"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
O Captain! My Captain!
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,
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.
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.
brought down here to the front basement, & has in every respect improved much since last Saturday—Then my
will next week be put in the hands of a New York publisher & launched on the market—at least that's my
design at present — When you write tell me all about William—My mother returns bringing cheerful intelligence
whole—& is herself in splendid condition—havn't seen her look & apparently feel better in many years—My
My dear Walt: The article you sent Nelly from the London Leader is in my possession. Good!
If, ever since I have been here, I had not had the worst cold I ever had in my life—a cold which has
made me really sick and spoiled the pleasure of my visit—I should doubtless have ere this sent off the
On my way through New York I enquired at Harpers for Curtis and found he was out of town.
My wife returns your friendly remembrance and yours, I hope, has not forgotten me.
My sister Jeannie's little Mary is very sick with typhoid fever too, but they hope not dangerously so
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 dear Nelly, I sit down home here in the front basement alone to write you a few lines.
I find it makes a mighty difference in my visit—(What is home without—&c)— My dear little California
worse—the fourteen days are up next Sunday—meanwhile she grows weaker & weaker— I am middling well—My
I send my love to Charles Eldridge—same to Ashton—when you write tell me the latest from the baby & Mrs
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
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
right—found Han better than she expected she says I have been suffering since Friday with a "run-around" on my
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
My employer is at home but a very small portion of his time.
My dear friend, I have just received your note.
institutionalizing Jesse because, according to her December 25, 1863 letter, she "could not find it in my
Dear son, I did not finish my letter because I have not been able to get the little picture of Lincoln
& Washington —but I succeeded in getting one this morning—I send it as a little present to my dear boy
live at the same place in M street, 468—only I have moved into the front room—it is pleasanter—I have my
meals brought up to me—my landlady gives me very good grub, $32.50 a month—Well I must draw to a close
Now, Ally, I must bid you good by, & I send you my love, my darling boy, & also to your parents, for
I have changed my back room to the front room, & have my meals sent up by the landlady—She gives me very
very pleasant & sufficiently cool—after the melting hot summer—I am writing this in the office, by my
Well, my dear comrade, how are you, & how does it go?
I send you my love, & God bless you, dearest comrade—Write soon, dear son, & give me all particulars.
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
Sir: My clerk sent your Commission to you on yesterday, and I requested him to say to you that I would
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
Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my
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
Upon the receipt of his reply, I will give you my views concerning the expediency of complying with the
Wood is with [me] here at my old home says it is not very natural here does not seem at all like an hospital
with George Washington Whitman in the Fifty-first New York Volunteers, and he rose to the rank of captain
Mason who "used to be in my party on the Water Works" in his February 10, 1863 to Walt Whitman.
Your letter would have been more promptly answered, but for my absence from the city.
Walt Whitman Dear Friend I am now at my own home but hav not got my discharge yet.
I have to go back to rochester to get my discharge. the day that I left thare went to the patent ofice
them kicked me on the forehead and then they start to run and the wagon wheel struck me on the back of my
My friends their respects Please if get this rite and if you will Please to sennd me that potographs
Last fall, our readers may remember, Major Whitman (then Captain) was spoken of by us as at that time
Promoted to Captain. February, 1863.—Left Falmouth with regiment. April, May, etc.
We allude to Captain Daniel E.
District of our city, a brave officer, who fell mortally wounded in May, 1864, in the Wilderness; Captain
Acting Assistant Secretary of State: My dear sir: I have received and read the letter of Mr.
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.
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
Y., July 16th 1865 My dear brother We duly received your letter —We of course all felt very indignant
are well the baby is a little down just now—but I guess she will be all right again in a few days—My
she manages to quarrell me out of it—so that I leave it half eaten—she begins by questioning me about my
women [Heyde's art students],...and goes so far as to intimate that I have sexual intercourse with my
pupils, at my room This is damned mean—reckless characterless, common, and disgusting" (Trent Collection
Realy my experience robs my heart of all charity—Han has a plausible superficiality, but under that she
talk of the Vetterans getting out yet: if you have any thing in the way of advice to give concerning my
Books, and I have thought that were bigger fools than me making a living very Easy although I admit my
note by Whitman following the closer that reads, "June 25th '65—I have rec'd many curious letters in my
occasionaly showed some little kindness to—I met him, talked with him some,—he came one rainy night to my
such houses as we were talking about,' are—upon the whole not to be answered—(& yet I itch to satisfy my
perhaps to receive a note from one whose name even you do not know, but I have long had you down in my
heart as one of my friends, and will tell you all about how I came to write to you now.
Last week I had a letter from my friend Miss M. E.
Often when I am reading it I take the words right home to my heart, and feel stronger and better for
friend forever, though I may never see his face, and this must be my excuse now.
If you see Miss H[oward] please tell her I am sorry she did not call at my company the evening she was
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