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I am having good times here, rather quiet—My book is being printed—gets along rather slowly.
almost every afternoon—then sometimes a sail on the river or bay—so you see I am enjoying myself in my
way—with three or four hours work every day reading my proofs, &c— Andy, I suppose you are all getting
along as usual—I enclose a line to Mat, which please give him—I send my love to you, Frank, Mat & Lewis
Y. or Brooklyn, so as not to incommode my folks at home—taking my meals at the restaurants, & home &c—leaving
my time free for my work &c—Now have you such a room for me , at a fair price?
would be very agreeable—Your going off for a week or two would not make any difference—as a lodging is my
main object—write immediately & let me know, as my leave of absence will probably date from Monday next
I have an agreeable situation here—labor moderate—& plenty of leisure—My principal work is to make (from
My dear friend, I write mainly to see whether I have got the right address—to find whether this reaches
My health has been good—& I have got through the hot weather all right—It is a long while since I have
I hope your parents are well—I wish you to give them my love—tho' I don't know them, I hope to one of
I am writing this by my window in the office—the breeze is blowing moderate, and the view down the river
fight—I carry an umbrella, and if the sun gets to fall on me good & strong, any of the real hot days, my
hear from Han, but I suppose she is getting along in the same old way—As I am writing this letter at my
how funny the world is governed—& lots of queer doings that outsiders never dream of— Well, mother, my
be careful of yourselves—it is very healthy here this summer—I havn't been troubled by the heat yet—my
have half a dozen—so you see I am coming out—had quite a clearing out the other day, collected all my
duds & socks, & boots & slippers &c &c. into a great heap—and when Sally, our black girl, brought up my
em all off home—there was nothing but what was all give out, though— There is nothing new with me in my
much—I think he would find it pleasant to come here for a few days, even this season—Well, dear mother, my
his health had improved: "it is very healthy here this summer—I havn't been troubled by the heat yet—my
children is extremely well mat has has very much to doo do she is going to have a girl to work give my
Well, my dear comrade, I believe I have told you all the news—of Eicholtz, the German sergeant with the
My hospitals are dwindled down to a small force—but there are plenty of cases to occupy me a couple of
yet—Jeff, I wish I could now & then be home & see you all, even if was only a couple of hours— Give my
Lane, and the Doctor —I send my love to Mat & the little girls.
O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My Gott,
Mason, who "used to be in my party on the Water Works."
According to his letter to Jeff on January 30, 1865, Whitman wrote to "Captain" Mason the same day; on
My dear friend, Your contribution of $20 for the soldiers in hospital, sick or wounded, has been received
I wish you health, my friend, in body & in spirit. Farewell.
If she brought a half loaf of bread to my house, she took butter or tea away in return for it, and I
Nothing of me, or of the future to arise for me, out of my labour, and progressions.
My idea was, that, if I did go to Europe, "to let her board, in the most comfortable manner, and raise
of Bascom 242 F Street stating that our testimony did not agree with the company rolls in regard to my
Clair my best wishes to you and Mrs.
Mr Abbot offered to assist me if necessary if he is there perhaps he can use his influence in my favour
"One doubt nauseous undulating like a snake, crawl'd on the ground before me, Continually preceding my
and near, (rousing, even in dreams, a devilish exultation, and all the old mad joy, in the depths of my
Here it is copied from [the] volume before us:— 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
But I with mournful tread Walk the spot my Captain lies, Compare with this, for poetic or pathetic feeling
How long have I been a stranger to this foreign land in which I have wandered—foreign, and yet within my
I have been about sick with a cold on my lungs, and after my days work was done I did not feel like writing
I am going to give up my place the first of Ap r .
My health will not admit of it.
Often when my mind wanders back to the days that I spent in Armory Square, I can but cry.
My Hearts desire is that you may live a long and happy life and when you leave this Earth you may be
When last in the dooryard the lilacs bloomed [sic]," "Chanting the Square Deific," and "As I lay with my